Program
For environmental reasons, the ISTS41 program will not be provided as a physical printout for each delegate as default and will instead be made available electronically for download (see button below). If you require a physical copy of the program, please select the relevant checkbox when registering.
Description:Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: In many regions, non-targeted marine species, including several endangered, threatened, and Protected (ETP) species of marine turtles are experiencing startling population declines due in part to bycatch within a variety of fisheries. Understanding key threats to these ETP species are an important component to their conservation and recovery. Over the past years, some regions (e.g., Eastern Pacific and Caribbean) have initiated coordinated assessments of ETP bycatch (e.g. sea turtle bycatch assessments) in coastal fisheries while other regions (e.g. Southeast Asia, East Africa) remain data poor with regards to such fisheries bycatch assessments. In addition, testing and adoption of bycatch reduction strategies has had uneven effort and success across regions as well as fishery. A workshop focusing on turtle bycatch assessments and mitigation strategies in the context of understanding what has been done, what has worked, and how lessons learned in one region/fishery can be applied in others will be an important step in guiding the necessary path for bycatch mitigation efforts for years to come.
For this workshop, we aim to bring researchers and policy makers to discuss in particular, gill net bycatch mitigation, small scale fishery /community harvest understanding/impact, and adoption of TEDs in coastal trawl fisheries.
Planned areas for discussion will include:
- Bycatch and targeted catch, what’s the current problem?
- Research and Development;
- Current projects
- What does policy say? - Break out groups focusing on themes of:
- Artisanal, small scale fisheries;
- Commercial fisheries;
- Community harvests and well being, to explore/present on: - Lessons learnt.
- What to from here (next steps)
- Mind mapping
Description: The concept “Community-based Conservation (CBC)” has grown rapidly in popularity and importance; by 1990 it was a common theme in publications and presentations about diverse aspects of biological conservation. On 9 July 2023, the Board of Directors of the ISTS announced a new project offering four grants to Members “relevant to community-based conservation actions…” Over time, the term CBC ballooned to be more closely coupled with the “sustainability” paradigm. However, despite early questions about basic assumptions and interpretations, use of CBC continued to burgeon, with relatively little attention paid to underlying assumptions. There is no question that fully involving and integrating community members in conservation planning and activities are essential for countless reasons. Yet without clarifying even basic assumptions and limitations, but continually applying the term as some sort of magic solution to complex, often poorly understood, problems, there is a danger that CBC will be relegated to the pile of past historic “good ideas” that in the end have lost their potential capacity to clarify and resolve major problems.
This workshop will advocate for participants to think and question beyond the commonly used words and actions presented as CBC solutions; the workshop will NOT “TEACH” participants about those issues: rather, it will simulate and provoke them to “peer behind the curtains” of scientific presentations. The organizers will NOT direct this process, rather they will FACILITATE reflection, open-minded questioning, and integration of information.
Workshop applicants will be asked to provide organizers with a summary of their thoughts (ideas, questions, doubts, proposals, etc.) in a written statement of 500 words by 10th March 2024. These summaries will be posted on a Workshop website for public availability. The organizers will invite approximately 20 participants to give individual presentations on their summary, each presentation of no more than 10 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of questions and discussion.
The last hour of the workshop will review and discuss topics and questions presented previously, and then discuss proposals for how to strengthen conservation planning and activities on marine turtles, particularly within the area of Community-based Conservation.
Finally, each participant will provide a brief (less than 5 minute) individual written anonymous evaluation of the workshop; the results will be shared with workshop participants and ISTS.
Description: In recent years, a focus on ‘decolonization’ has emerged across a range of disciplines, professions, and societal dynamics, reflecting a wave of sentiment that we need to right the wrongs of centuries of the Global North dominating the fate of the Global South. Not surprisingly, sea turtle conservation is no exception. The workshop organizers have authored a pair of articles in recent SWOT Reports describing the dynamics of ‘parachute’ or ‘helicopter’ science and identifying the ways in which neocolonialism has influenced sea turtle conservation over time. Building on these articles, in this workshop, we will examine the dynamic of Western scientists and practitioners migrating to developing countries (often former colonies countries) to work in sea turtle conservation and research. We will also address the dynamics and consequences of urban, elite researchers imposing their ideologies on local communities in the places where they work. Through a combination of presentations, group discussions, live polling, and interactive activities, participants will develop a shared understanding of the history and present-day implications of neo-colonial conservation approaches, and will explore what ‘decolonizing sea turtle conservation science’ could look like. We will discuss what steps might be taken to promote a more fair, equitable, respectful, and diverse sea turtle conservation community. As decolonization of conservation is an enormous topic that varies widely across the world, in this first workshop on this topic, we intend to keep the discussions ‘geographically agnostic’ to apply to the international sea turtle conservation community broadly. We plan to make this a hybrid in-person and virtual event to ensure access to many colleagues who will not attend ISTS in person.
Description: Each year, the student committee develops a Workshop presenting information on how to find jobs or funding, current available jobs, and other career advice. We will have guest speakers from a variety of fields who are qualified to offer advice on these subjects. We will also discuss the key skills that you need at each of those jobs and resources to begin preparing for them. More specifically, this workshop will focus on the wide breadth of sea turtle-related career paths and advice for students and new graduates to succeed in each one. This will range from governmental jobs, academia, nonprofit and for-profit careers.
Description: The importance of the ongoing environmental education workshops for the 42nd International Sea Turtle Symposium lies in the fact that the conservation of these sea reptiles requires not only scientific knowledge, but also a deep empathy for these creatures, as well as an understanding wide range of its characteristics and current situation, which can only be achieved through environmental education.
The workshop seeks to empower the participants, providing them with a platform to build their own environmental education initiatives to reach the children of their communities and environments, through art. During it, the participants will be able to learn about different projects around the world where art is the main tool and the beneficiaries are children. This will allow to know different tools that have been used successfully in environmental education with sea turtles and the possibility of adapting them to their own projects. In the practical part, attendees will learn to use theater as an environmental intervention tool by creating little theaters that allow participants to tell different stories with easily accessible and recycled materials with sea turtles as the main protagonists, promoting not only creativity of the participants, also helping to create awareness of care and protection of the sea and sea turtles through an artistic tool such as paper theater and small theaters; a tool that is effective in working with children from all social and cultural backgrounds.
Description: The four-hour session is intended to bring together sea turtle researchers that are experienced, novice and just interested in using UAVs or drones. The various use cases for drones in research and conservation will be presented and discussed, as will recommended hardware and software systems. We will cover how to get started flying drones and using their data for your project. The workshop is envisaged to be repeated and developed over successive years/ symposia so that the international sea turtle community are kept up to date with advances in drone-based research and ‘recruits’ to the field have opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners first hand. The primary aims are to continue dialogue on the best use of UAVs for sea turtle studies and catalyse a network where technical advances and method development are shared.
Description: Plastic pollution represents an emerging threat to marine turtles, affecting vital processes across their life cycle and key habitats. Understanding the impacts caused by plastic pollution on marine turtles is central for assessing their vulnerability to this threat.
The main objectives for the 4th Workshop on Marine Debris and Sea Turtles are:
- Assess the current background and identify gaps in research and conservation efforts addressing the plastic pollution issue.
- Discuss standard procedures and reporting metrics for broader and comparable studies.
- Provide guidelines for assessing plastic pollution impacts according to resource accessibility.
- Propose a common framework for the evaluation of plastic pollution threat at regional and global scales.
This event is designed as a dynamic meeting where experts and attendees will analyze and discuss, through discussion groups, topics regarding plastic pollution. The event is aimed at any scientists, researchers or/and organizations who are interested in the subject of plastic pollution and its effects on marine turtles (no previous background needed).
Description: This workshop will evaluate hatchling production, retention, and headstarting practices in Southeast Asia, identify pros and cons, and determine the best-practice strategies for their survival and recruitment to the population.
Description: Marine turtles, especially the hawksbill turtle, have faced enormous pressure due to illicit trading activities over the last 150 years. Notwithstanding their protected status under CITES Appendix I and CMS Appendix I and II, certain marine turtle species are still vulnerable to illegal activities that endanger their survival.
We provide an overview of the next phase of ShellBank - a pioneering marine turtle DNA traceability toolkit. Spearheaded by the World Wide Fund for Nature and in partnership with the Australian Museum, TRACE and NOAA,, this tool aims to equip researchers, conservationists, law enforcers and policymakers with the means to track marine turtle population globally for conservation management purposes, and to trace the illicit marine turtle trade journey, from “sale to source”. This enables the identification of high-risk populations, whilst also bolstering our conservation and research knowledge pool.
Since its inception in 2018, ShellBank has undergone significant enhancements. After demonstrating DNA shell extraction capabilities in 2019 and piloting its practical application in 2022, ShellBank’s toolkit now includes comprehensive and constantly growing DNA databases, hands-on training sessions, and other vital resources, such as guidelines for standardised collection and processing of samples and genetic kits. These accomplishments stem from collaborations with multiple international partners.
Description: A global discussion of best practices to effectively engage community members of all ages and backgrounds in sea turtle conservation. We will share resources, successes, and areas of improvement in the ways we engage communities in conservation through hands-on demonstrations and facilitated discussions. Attendees will have the opportunity to share established programs and methods, as well as those in development, from organizations in South Africa, Dubai, California, Hawaii, and Florida. This workshop seeks to create a space within which to collaborate and improve our diverse efforts in sea turtle and marine conservation education.
Description: The Southeast Asia region encompasses a range of countries where their national languages or publications are non-English, making the accessibility of information challenging for international conservation efforts. Sea turtles are highly mobile species that utilize and connect habitats across national boundaries and jurisdictions. Therefore, understanding where and how sea turtles move is crucial to ensure adequate biological protection and habitat conservation.
There have been successful regional collaborative research and governance initiatives in this region. However, sea turtles are commonly monitored within local beaches or sea areas by researchers, environmental organizations, or government units. Consequently, information such as tag recoveries and photo IDs is often recorded on individual datasheets in their own languages. As a result, these records are not promptly transferable and are underutilized by a limited number of communities and managers. Therefore, there is a need to enhance knowledge-sharing facilities for in-country and region-wide purposes to ensure that all knowledge can equally reach managers, policymakers, and industries.
This workshop aims to invite researchers, conservationists, and government officers from each country in the Southeast Asia region to learn about centralized data repositories for regional access and innovative tools for long-term monitoring objectives. The workshop also aims to facilitate discussions in identifying geographic and research gaps in understanding sea turtle movement and habitat connectivity. This effort builds upon a regional literature review that is currently underway and focuses on overcoming the existing barriers to actionable information.
Description:The GIS workshop will introduce participants to best practices in data management, visualization, and analysis. Given their long migrations, cryptic life stages, and broad global distribution, GIS is a critical tool in understanding sea turtle ecology and communicating results. Multiple data types and techniques will be covered. Examples include geostatistics, satellite telemetry movement modeling, managing and analyzing environmental data, using online mapping platforms, and using R for GIS analyses. These topics are complex disciplines meriting their own workshops (or courses), but we expect to introduce participants to common workflows and resources to build a strong foundation for future analyses.
Given next year’s theme for the conference, “Inspiring the Next Generation of Sea Turtle Conservationists”, this workshop provides an important venue for new researchers to learn critical technical skills to bring home to their sites and projects. As such, the workshop will be more heavily focused on capacity building for early career students and professionals – providing them guidance on getting started with their analyses, highlighting important resources, and letting users ask questions to support their work. Time will be dedicated at the end of the workshop for one-on-one time with GIS professionals where participants can ask questions specific to their projects and receive guidance from experts in the field.
Participants do not need to be GIS ‘pros’ to attend, in fact we encourage newer GIS users to attend to support the theme of the conference! Experienced GIS professionals are welcome to attend to share their experiences with others, network with other professionals, and support new users. Our goal is to foster a robust GIS user base within the sea turtle community and provide a forum for learning and resource sharing.
Description: This is the 7th Temperature-dependent Sex Determination (TSD) workshop at ISTS. After the success of the six previous TSD workshops (New Orleans, Dalaman, Lima, Las Vegas, Kobe, Charleston), the seventh TSD workshop will be organized during ISTS in Pattaya, Thailand.
Temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles was discovered more than 40 years ago, first in a lizard, then in a tortoise and a freshwater turtle and later in all marine turtles.
TSD research is particularly active at different level of organization (biochemichal, molecular biology, ecology and evolution) and many progresses have been done in recent years.
This workshop will be a mix of presentations about the recent developments about TSD and best practices when analyzing sex ratio and temperatures in the context of evolutionary biology and conservation. The first half of the workshop will be dedicated to an historical review of TSD, analyses of the most recent papers published since the last TSP workshop and presentation of new data. The second part of the workshop will be dedicated to practical exercises about TSD, climate temperature analysis and sex ratios analysis: bring your computer with R and Rstudio installed and your own field temperature data if you have!
Description: The proposal of this workshop emerges from the evidence of the numerous sea turtle rescue centres developed in the last decade, sometimes facing emergencies with no available support of expertise. The lack of information may cause waste of energy and economical resources, uncertain results, and more important: pain for animals.
This workshop is addressed to people directly involved in sea turtle rehabilitation and care, offering the opportunity to share rehab and medical skills, knowledge, experiences and standard operating procedures. We propose to compare expertise on diagnostics, husbandry, critical care, lesions, anaesthesia and surgery, with the aim to develop an open discussion among participants.
We hope to better update the role of sea turtle rescue centres in the conservation efforts, a functional network among them and their future perspectives. We hope the realization of a common agreement that may support the standardization of common protocols and medical administration to be adopted globally, with a particular attention to high quality procedures for the care and convalescence of sea turtles.
Description:The rise of social media and the wide availability of digital cameras and smartphones have greatly enabled the initiation of numerous sea turtle citizen science projects. Like sea turtles, such projects can be found all over the world. Typically, these initiatives gather images of sea turtles (captured underwater, from boat or on the beach), which are contributed by citizen scientists, local stakeholders, and tourists, or extracted from social media platforms. This data, often comprising thousands of records, has the potential to contribute to various research efforts, such as sea turtle abundance and its change over time. On the other hand, they provide excellent opportunities for sea turtle researchers to interact and inform data collectors about sea turtle conservation. The workshop aims to bring together several organisations working on such projects, operating in diverse locations globally in order to discuss key challenges that arise: How to actively promote these projects to the public? How to maintain ongoing engagement with data collectors? How to efficiently handle data and implement open data practices? In which ways can these projects reach decision-makers and local stakeholders and eventually create an impact? How to evaluate and measure their success? During the workshop, we will exchange experiences, share success stories and failures in order to learn from each other’s practices. The workshop is open to everyone who is interested in the topic.
Conference Mobile App
ISTS41 will be mobile! The ISTS41 program will also be available via the free Conference4me app. Features of the Conference4me app include:
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- Accessing the full program even when offline
- Receive program updates if online (note there will be free WiFI available throughout the ISTS41 venue and accommodation)
- Ongoing view of currently active sessions and presentations
- Make personal notes on sessions and presentations
- Includes information such as a venue map and plan of the venue buildings
- List of authors, speakers, session chairs etc.
- Details of conference partners and sponsors
The free Conference4me app is available for download on Google Play and the Apple App Store. Once installed, you will be able to login to the ISTS41 event using the same details you entered when you registered (note that the event will only appear in the app from March 2021 onwards).
If you have any trouble with the app, visit us at the Registration Desk on the day.
Free Barista Coffee
There will be free barista made coffee for the first 250 delegates to visit the designated ISTS41 barista cart each day (available for four hours). The catch is that to receive a free coffee, you will have to bring your own clean reusable cup. No reusable cup = No coffee! So pack that reusable cup, and minimise your single use
Name Badge Lanyards
ISTS41 have partnered with GhostNets Australia to produce lanyards for the delegate name badges. Each lanyard will be made from a ghost net (gill net) recovered from a turtle nesting beach on the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, by Indigenous Rangers of the Mapoon community.
By finding a reuse for these nets, we aim to raise awareness of the issue of turtle entanglement in ghost nets, minimise the footprint of ISTS41, and also provide funds back to remote Indigenous communities.
Official Visa Invitation Letter
For information regarding the appropriate visa and requirements for your nationality see the Thailand E-Visa Official Wesbite here.
If you require an official Invitation Letter to assist with your visa application then please access it via the ISTS42 Registration site. Please note that the letter is only available to delegates that have paid their registration fees in full.
It should be noted that the provision of an official Invitation Letter and the tax invoice/receipt do not guarantee that a visa will be granted. The onus is on the visa applicant to demonstrate that they meet all of the legislative requirements for the grant of a Thai visa that relate to the home country.
Invitation/Confirmation Letter
If you require an invitation/confirmation letter for ISTS42 then please access it via the ISTS42 Registration site. Please note that the letter is only available to delegates that have paid their registration fees in full.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: In many regions, non-targeted marine species, including several endangered, threatened, and Protected (ETP) species of marine turtles are experiencing startling population declines due in part to bycatch within a variety of fisheries. Understanding key threats to these ETP species are an important component to their conservation and recovery. Over the past years, some regions (e.g., Eastern Pacific and Caribbean) have initiated coordinated assessments of ETP bycatch (e.g. sea turtle bycatch assessments) in coastal fisheries while other regions (e.g. Southeast Asia, East Africa) remain data poor with regards to such fisheries bycatch assessments. In addition, testing and adoption of bycatch reduction strategies has had uneven effort and success across regions as well as fishery. A workshop focusing on turtle bycatch assessments and mitigation strategies in the context of understanding what has been done, what has worked, and how lessons learned in one region/fishery can be applied in others will be an important step in guiding the necessary path for bycatch mitigation efforts for years to come.
For this workshop, we aim to bring researchers and policy makers to discuss in particular, gill net bycatch mitigation, small scale fishery /community harvest understanding/impact, and adoption of TEDs in coastal trawl fisheries.
Planned areas for discussion will include:
- Bycatch and targeted catch, what’s the current problem?
- Research and Development;
- Current projects
- What does policy say? - Break out groups focusing on themes of:
- Artisanal, small scale fisheries;
- Commercial fisheries;
- Community harvests and well being, to explore/present on: - Lessons learnt.
- What to from here (next steps)
- Mind mapping
Description: The concept “Community-based Conservation (CBC)” has grown rapidly in popularity and importance; by 1990 it was a common theme in publications and presentations about diverse aspects of biological conservation. On 9 July 2023, the Board of Directors of the ISTS announced a new project offering four grants to Members “relevant to community-based conservation actions…” Over time, the term CBC ballooned to be more closely coupled with the “sustainability” paradigm. However, despite early questions about basic assumptions and interpretations, use of CBC continued to burgeon, with relatively little attention paid to underlying assumptions. There is no question that fully involving and integrating community members in conservation planning and activities are essential for countless reasons. Yet without clarifying even basic assumptions and limitations, but continually applying the term as some sort of magic solution to complex, often poorly understood, problems, there is a danger that CBC will be relegated to the pile of past historic “good ideas” that in the end have lost their potential capacity to clarify and resolve major problems.
This workshop will advocate for participants to think and question beyond the commonly used words and actions presented as CBC solutions; the workshop will NOT “TEACH” participants about those issues: rather, it will simulate and provoke them to “peer behind the curtains” of scientific presentations. The organizers will NOT direct this process, rather they will FACILITATE reflection, open-minded questioning, and integration of information.
Workshop applicants will be asked to provide organizers with a summary of their thoughts (ideas, questions, doubts, proposals, etc.) in a written statement of 500 words by 10th March 2024. These summaries will be posted on a Workshop website for public availability. The organizers will invite approximately 20 participants to give individual presentations on their summary, each presentation of no more than 10 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of questions and discussion.
The last hour of the workshop will review and discuss topics and questions presented previously, and then discuss proposals for how to strengthen conservation planning and activities on marine turtles, particularly within the area of Community-based Conservation.
Finally, each participant will provide a brief (less than 5 minute) individual written anonymous evaluation of the workshop; the results will be shared with workshop participants and ISTS.
Description: In recent years, a focus on ‘decolonization’ has emerged across a range of disciplines, professions, and societal dynamics, reflecting a wave of sentiment that we need to right the wrongs of centuries of the Global North dominating the fate of the Global South. Not surprisingly, sea turtle conservation is no exception. The workshop organizers have authored a pair of articles in recent SWOT Reports describing the dynamics of ‘parachute’ or ‘helicopter’ science and identifying the ways in which neocolonialism has influenced sea turtle conservation over time. Building on these articles, in this workshop, we will examine the dynamic of Western scientists and practitioners migrating to developing countries (often former colonies countries) to work in sea turtle conservation and research. We will also address the dynamics and consequences of urban, elite researchers imposing their ideologies on local communities in the places where they work. Through a combination of presentations, group discussions, live polling, and interactive activities, participants will develop a shared understanding of the history and present-day implications of neo-colonial conservation approaches, and will explore what ‘decolonizing sea turtle conservation science’ could look like. We will discuss what steps might be taken to promote a more fair, equitable, respectful, and diverse sea turtle conservation community. As decolonization of conservation is an enormous topic that varies widely across the world, in this first workshop on this topic, we intend to keep the discussions ‘geographically agnostic’ to apply to the international sea turtle conservation community broadly. We plan to make this a hybrid in-person and virtual event to ensure access to many colleagues who will not attend ISTS in person.
Description: Each year, the student committee develops a Workshop presenting information on how to find jobs or funding, current available jobs, and other career advice. We will have guest speakers from a variety of fields who are qualified to offer advice on these subjects. We will also discuss the key skills that you need at each of those jobs and resources to begin preparing for them. More specifically, this workshop will focus on the wide breadth of sea turtle-related career paths and advice for students and new graduates to succeed in each one. This will range from governmental jobs, academia, nonprofit and for-profit careers.
Description: The importance of the ongoing environmental education workshops for the 42nd International Sea Turtle Symposium lies in the fact that the conservation of these sea reptiles requires not only scientific knowledge, but also a deep empathy for these creatures, as well as an understanding wide range of its characteristics and current situation, which can only be achieved through environmental education.
The workshop seeks to empower the participants, providing them with a platform to build their own environmental education initiatives to reach the children of their communities and environments, through art. During it, the participants will be able to learn about different projects around the world where art is the main tool and the beneficiaries are children. This will allow to know different tools that have been used successfully in environmental education with sea turtles and the possibility of adapting them to their own projects. In the practical part, attendees will learn to use theater as an environmental intervention tool by creating little theaters that allow participants to tell different stories with easily accessible and recycled materials with sea turtles as the main protagonists, promoting not only creativity of the participants, also helping to create awareness of care and protection of the sea and sea turtles through an artistic tool such as paper theater and small theaters; a tool that is effective in working with children from all social and cultural backgrounds.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
Description: Much of what we know about the ecology and biology of sea turtles is based on nesting females, and to a lesser extent on juveniles in foraging and developmental habitats. These studies have sought mainly to understand natal homing, nest site fidelity, migratory movements, nesting trends, somatic growth rates, survival rates, and population structure. Comparatively little effort has been invested in understanding male sea turtle ecology, and even less has focused on the management and conservation of male turtles. Unlike females, males only rarely come ashore and the difficulties posed by capturing males at sea have made locating their feeding, courtship, and mating areas a challenge. Studying male sea turtles in foraging and mating areas across the globe is vital to better understand male habits, reproductive strategies, operational sex ratios, population dynamics, and habitat needs. After the successful workshop held in Charleston in 2019 and Cartagena in 2023 focused on male sea turtles, where more than 120 researchers from around the world participated, now is the time to continue promoting interest in including male sea turtles in research and conservation efforts. Therefore, we propose to meet in a workshop to learn about current research and conservation efforts and how we can establish collaborations and synergies to make these efforts effective.
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