RHODY HOPE de MAJIL

Reef surveys during our summer research programs in 2016 highlighted a number of loggerhead sea turtles migrating near North Gallows feeding on discarded lobster and conch shells and guts deposited by sailboat fishermen when they cleaned their catch at the end of the day. In partnership with the Belize Fisheries Department, Marymount University, Hawksbill Hope, and other members of the Belize Sea Turtle Conservation Network, ECOMAR has embarked on a study to determine the migration patterns of these foraging loggerhead sea turtles.  

On January 16, 2017 Rhody was captured by a team of local fishermen working with ECOMAR during student research surveys with a group from the University of Rhode Island, while staying at ECOMAR's Research Station & Field School at St George's Caye.  

​RHODY was named after people from Rhode Island, she takes her middle name from Hawksbill HOPE, and her last name MAJIL, after Belize's Isaias Majil, a great man who departed the day after we tagged and released this turtle, and who was instrumental in launching this program.

MAP NOTES
*The data points are slightly off.  Rhody is likely foraging along the north east side of Gallow's Point, between St George's Caye, Mapp's Caye and North Gallows.
**Map with blue water from sea turtle.org is updated daily, time in GMT.
***Google Maps at right is current as of Jan 25, 2016 8 am local time.  Clicking on a blue circle will highlight date and time in GMT, which is 6 hours earlier.