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Tagging Turtles Where Nobody Agrees They're Disappearing

Ocean Life

🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands

In the British Virgin Islands, twenty years of tagging data show hawksbill turtles declining while greens increase, in a place where fishers and scientists still argue over which story is true.

22turtlesNew turtles tagged in 11 tagging days, April to September 2023
9activitiesLeatherback nesting activities recorded, April to September 2023
48activitiesHawksbill nesting activities recorded on Virgin Gorda, 2023 season
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