Satellite Telemetry - Tracking NOW
Currently there are eleven sea turtles migrating through Belize waters that you can track daily! In close collaboration with the Belize Fisheries Department, eight of the turtles carry tags for Hawksbill Hope and three, tags for Wildlife Conservation Society. Two turtles have crossed into neighboring countries and permanently forage outside of 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
GALES POINT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
GALES POINT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
The sandy shores along the mainland at Gales Point has been identified as Belize's most important hawksbill nesting beach. In one year there can be more than 100 nests. Most of the turtles that have been tagged here remain within Belize waters, like Meeko, who migrated down to South Water Caye Marine Reserve.
2017 - Milky Way Hope for GPWSMilky 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 - Callamars Hope for GPWSCALLAMARS Hope for GPWS, a nesting hawksbill found at Gales Point, Belize was tagged on July 09, 2017 in Marymount University's & Hawksbill Hope's satellite tagging program. CALLAMARS represents an anagram of the first initials of the very generous robotics team from EXPO in St Paul, MN. Thanks to them for supporting sea turtle research in the most organic way!!
2017 - Sea Grape Hope for GPWSSea 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 has foraged around the Colson Point area. Will be interesting to see if Sea Grape continues to forage in this area. 2017 - Yertle the Turtle Hope for GPWSYertle the Turtle of 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. Yertle the Turtle wanted to see all she could see so she stacked up on us while we were tagging another turtle.
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The following turtles turtles were tagged by
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2015 - Hope 4 FreyaHope 4 Freya is the first loggerhead sea turtle tagged in Belize. She is also a turtle that survived a shark attack, lost her left front flipper and went on to migrate to Mexico! Freya is the longest transmitting turtle of those sponsored by Dr Todd Rimkus from Marymount University and Hawksbill Hope. As of Jun 1, 2017 she has transmitted more than 650 days! Please visit the Hope 4 Freya web page for more details.
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GALLOW'S POINT
In 2017 a collaborative study to study the migration paths and behavior of loggerhead sea turtles was launched by ECOMAR, Marymount University, Hawksbill Hope and the Belize Fisheries Department. Two turtles have been tagged in this study and the results indicate that these loggerheads have strong site fidelity.
2017 - Rhody Hope de MajilOur first loggerhead tagged in 2017 for a new study of foraging loggerheads features Rhody Hope de Majil. She is showing signs of strong site fidelity and we have observed her twice in this area and also recaptured her once!
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2017 - Hope 4 NatureHope 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! |
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GLOVER'S REEF ATOLL
2014 - Turtlemon EIThe Wildlife Conservation Society is currently tracking two juvenile hawksbill sea turtles captured and released at Glover's Reef in 2014. The tags have lasted an exceptionally long time - more than 3 YEARS!
Turtlemon foraged primarily inside the atoll on the southern patch reefs and migrated to an area west of Utila, Honduras. 2014 - Turtlebert EITurtlebert foraged just outside the drop off on the northwestern side of Glover's Atoll and migrated to the area near the Laughingbird Caye Natural Monument in Belize.
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2017 - Turtle ConeyTagged in April 2017, Turtle Coney is one of 4 turtles tagged by WCS in 2017. The complete migration path of Coney is not currently available, but do check back from time to time to see if it is updated.
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