to: Mylea, To try answering your questions... 1. Some individual turtles get caught in fishing gears and die. We are investigating how much this affects the population as a whole. 2. Interesting question. Honestly I don't know. 3. We suspect tourism has an effect on the sea turtle. At least locally, on some fairly heavily visited sites. We are also investigating that question. 4. A large scale monitoring program was carried out by the Galapagos National Park during the years 2000's. This program was reactivated in 2009 and is now a priority for both the Galapagos National Park and the Charles Darwin Foundation. 5. Difficult question... I can't tell you much here...
Olivier ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Olivier Devineau, PhD Investigador Monitoreo Vertebrados Fundación Charles Darwin Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz Galápagos, Ecuador <[email protected]>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
