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Collection and 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.
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San Francisco Nursery - Olive Ridley, (Lepidochelys Olivacea) (1995-2004)

Year
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Nests Recorded
111
172
182
102
228
388
416
267
289
306
Nests Relocated
10
14
4
8
19
209
111
50
47
18
Released to the Sea
7,517
11,442
4,085 *
6,382
18,571
40,661
40,331
22,591
27,082
26,791
* Months of heavy rain and cold temperatures, associated with El Nino, killed 77% of all the eggs in 1997

San Francisco Nursery - Olive Ridley, (Lepidochelys Olivacea) (2005-2014)

Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Box Nursery
310
470
656
666
584
486
661
902
828
859
Beach Nursery
0
0
0
118
324
246
170
367
278
250
Nests Relocated
111
113
190
207
119
21
86
117
27
83
Released to the Sea
26,190
42,901
65,852
76,688
63,664
54,856
65,446
105,286
90,098
89,833

San Francisco Nursery - Olive Ridley, (Lepidochelys Olivacea) (2015-2024)

Year
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Box Nursery
778
554
745
639
688
0
0
0
0
0
Beach
nursery
96
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nests Relocated
64
70
187
334
165
1,087
1,157
0
0
0
Released to the Sea
69,941
47,849
83,645
94,372
72,237
88,512
92,028
0
0
0
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San Francisco Nursery - Leatherback, (Dermochelys coriacea) (1992-2013)

Year
1992-93
1995
1996-97
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2008-09
2012-13
Nests Collected
6
2
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
Nests Left in Place
4
1
1
7
1
1
2
0
4
Released to the Sea
308
65
382
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
60
255

San Francisco Nursery - Eastern Pacific Green Turtle, (Chelonia Agassizi) (1996)

Year
1996
Nests Collected
1
Eggs Collected
49
Releases to the Sea
41



The only recorded Eastern Pacific Green Turtle nest in the state of Nayarit

Nuevo Vallarta Nursery - Olive Ridley, (Lepidochelys Olivacea) (1993-1994)

Year
1993
1994
Nests Collected
71
835
Eggs Collected
5,387
78,490
Released to the Sea
4,793
58,900




In June of 1994 the Group acquired permission from the Mexican Government to build the first nursery encampment on the beach of Nuevo Vallarta. However, we passed it on to another organization.

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Grupo Ecologico de la Costa Verde
102 Calle America Latina
San Francisco, Nayarit Mexico
Tel: +52 311-258-4100
Email: projecttortuga@gmail.com
(or) grupo-eco@project-tortuga.org

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