RESPONSIBLE PROJECT: BIOL. ERENDIRA GONZALEZ DIEGO

ATTENDANTS OF THE PROJECT: ALEJANDRO TAPIA, HECTOR CRUZ, JUAN MORA, JUAN ACEVES, EZEQUIEL GALAVIZ, BELISARIO PIMIENTA Y

ENRIQUE VENEGAS

PLAYA ISLA DE LA PIEDRA, MAZATLAN SINALOA

LOCATION23°11’ 7.94’’ Y 23°05’28.64’’ DE L N Y 106°23’ 57.59’’ Y 106°17’10.02’’ LW

17 KM. OF RESTRICTED AND PROTECTED AREA

METHODOLOGY Two daily tours at night from 9:00 pm to 8:00 am in order

to protect nesting females and also to collect all of their nests.

TURTLE HATCHERIES

TURTLE HATCHERIES

INFORMATION & RECORDS REGISTERED

LCC, ACC & TEMPERATURE

RESULTS Lepidochelys olivacea

NESTING AREA RECORDS

STOLEN 29NEVER FOUND 18

PROTECTED 2784COUNTED 136

NOT COUNTED 5TOTAL 2,972

INCUBATION RESULTS

CONSERVATION WORKHATCHERIES BOXES TOTAL

NUMBER OF NESTS1,789 995 2,784

NUMBER OF EGGS PROTEDCTED171,803 95,182 266,985

HATCHLINGS RELEASED138,010 67,161 205,171

MORTALITIES2,375 1,002 3,377

GENERAL SURVIVE 80.11 74.56 78.16 %

HISTORY RECORDSSEASON NESTS NUMBERS TOTAL EGGS TURTLES BORNED

1998 75 7,348 4,549

1999 90 7,859 6,366

2000 273 26,183 16,164

2001 376 36,154 26,854

2002 403 39,115 29,014

2003 419 41,078 32,013

2004 518 48,278 24,274

2005 653 61,373 33,830

2006 1,134 104,508 75,145

2007 1,314 124,078 98,336

2008 1,320 125,263 83,866

2009 2,001 190,626 102,819

2010 2,004 189,761 150,560

2011 1,951 186,453 142,385

2012 2,784 266,985 202,845

TOTAL 15,315 1´455,062 1´028850

THREATS FOR TURTLES

EDUCATION

THE TURTLE LIFE

THANK YOU