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Collection & Release Records

The following records show the number of nests collected and placed in our nursery, the number relocated to prevent poaching, and the total number of hatchlings released to the sea. mmmm

San Francisco Nursery - Olive Ridley, (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Year

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Nests recorded

89

111

172

182

102

228

388

416

267

285

306

310

626

902

Nests relocated

9

9

14

4

8

19

209

113

50

47

18

31

111

190

Released to the sea

5,932

7,517

11,442

*4,085

6,382

18,571

40,661

40,331

22,591

27,082

26,791

26,190

46,432

65,852

* Months of heavy rain and lower than normal temperatures, associated with El Niño,
destroyed 77% of all the eggs in 1997.

San Francisco Nursery - Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)

Year

1992-93

1995-96

1996-97

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Nests collected

6

6

3

0

0

0

Nests left in place

4

1

1

7

1

1

Released to sea

308

347

100

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Nursery

Inside view of the nursery showing nest boxes
Baby Pacific Green turtles

Young Eastern Pacific Green Turtles on their way to be released

Nuevo Vallarta Nursery - Olive Ridley, (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Year

1993

1994

Nests collected

71

835

Nests relocated

4,793

78,490

Released to sea

5,387

58,900

In June of 1994 the Group also acquired permission from the Mexican Government to build the first nursery encampment on the beach of Nuevo Vallarta.

San Francisco Nursery - Eastern Pacific Green Turtle, (Chelonia agassizi)

Year

1996

Nests collected

1

Nests relocated

49

Released to sea

41

The only nest recorded within the entire State of Nayarit.


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