Satellite Telemetry - Tracking NOW

Currently (July 2018) there are 6 sea turtles migrating through Belize waters that you can track daily!  One turtle forages off the coast of Honduras/Nicaragua and three within Belize.   Tracking sea turtles would make a great school project, and seaturtle.org has a webpage specifically for teachers so they can introduce sea turtle migration into the classroom.  Special thanks to SEATURTLE.ORG for making it possible to easily track sea turtles!

Click on the name of the turtle to  be redirected to the link at seaturtle.org

The turtles below are tagged with satellite transmitters donated by​ HAWKSBILL HOPE/ MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY in collaboration with the Belize Fisheries Department and the ​GALES POINT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.

GALES POINT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

The sandy shores along mainland Belize at Gales Point has been identified as Belize's most important hawksbill nesting beach.  In one year there can be more than 100 nests.  Here are migration paths that can be monitored so we can learn more about how endangered sea turtles use our seas.

In 2018 Dr Todd Rimkus and Kevin Andrewin have tagge 3 turtles so far:  Lil Wally's, Maje and Andrewin Skies. Channel 5 Belize visited Gales Point and documented the tagging of one of these turtles! 

2018 - Li'l Wally's Hope for GPWS

Li'l Wally's Hope for GPWS, a nesting hawksbill found at Gales Point, Belize was tagged on July 3, 2018 in collaboration with the Belize Fisheries Department and Gales Point Wildlife Sanctuary.  This makes the 11th hawksbill sea turtle tagged by Marymount University's & Hawksbill Hope's satellite tagging program.

The migration path of Li'l Wally's is unique for tagged turtles in Belize as she is shown moving towards the southernmost part of Belize near Barranco.  Let's see where her travel take her!

2018 - Maje Hope for GPWS

​MAJE Hope for GPWS, a nesting hawksbill found at Gales Point, Belize was tagged on July 4, 2018 in Marymount University's & Hawksbill Hope's satellite tagging program.  Maje is the 12th turtle tagged by Marymount University with Gales Point Wildlife Sanctuary. She was secured after she finished nesting and fitted with a SPOT 6 tag from Wildlife Computers.

2018 - Andrewin Skies Hope for GPWS

Andrewin Skies was found by a local villager from Gales Point Manatee on July 13, 2018, and is the 13th turtle tagged by the Gales Point Wildlife Sanctuary in collaboration with the Belize Fisheries Department and  Marymount University and Hawksbill Hope.

2017 - Milky Way Hope for GPWS

Milky Way Hope for GPWS, a nesting hawksbill found at Gales Point, Belize was tagged on June 22, 2017 in Marymount University's & Hawksbill Hope's satellite tagging program. ​Milky Way was located by Mark Rimkus, Lauren Andryshak, and Philip Bui on a nightly turtle walk. She was nesting, after completion of nesting, she was fitted with a SPOT 6 satellite tag and released.

2017 - Sea Grape Hope for GPWS

​Sea Grape Hope for GPWS, a nesting hawksbill found at Gales Point, Belize was tagged on July 13, 2017 in Marymount University's & Hawksbill Hope's satellite tagging program.

Sea Grape is the first turtle tagged from Gales Point that briefly foraged around the Colson Point area before migrating to the shallow coastal water off Honduras.

GALLOW'S POINT

2017 - Hope 4 Nature

UPDATE!!!!   During in water surveys at Gallow's Point on Jun 20, 2018, our team observed Hope 4 Nature. 
The antennae of the tag has separated into several strands which may be the reason why signals
​are not be sent as frequently.

In collaboration with the Belize Fisheries Department, Marymount University and Hawksbill Hope, ECOMAR has tagged two loggerhead sea turtles that forage inside the 5 mile Gallow's Point Reef. ​

Hope 4 Nature is a female loggerhead sea turtle that was captured and tagged when a group from SEE Turtles and Nature's Path were supporting our research at St George's Caye.   

​Hope 4 Nature is the second loggerhead sea turtle tagged in a study to learn more about migration paths of sea turtles foraging on discarded lobster and conch products left by local sailboard fishermen.  The collaborative study is being conducted by ECOMAR, Marymount University, Hawksbill Hope and the Belize Fisheries Department.  Check back daily for updates on Hope 4 Nature!