87 olive ridley hatchlings released into sea off Vietnam island
Monday, June 10, 2024, 09:04 GMT+7
Rangers of Con Dao Archipelago off the coast of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province in southern Vietnam released 87 olive ridley hatchlings, whose mother came from Malaysia, into the sea on Sunday morning.
More than 100 visitors to the Con Dao National Park witnessed the release with excitement.
Earlier, an olive ridley sea turtle was spotted coming ashore on Bay Canh, an island of Con Dao Archipelago, to lay 108 eggs on the night of April 22.
The mother olive ridley wore a stainless-steel trace tag showing that it migrated from Malaysia.
The turtle’s shell is 97 centimeters long and 84 centimeters wide. The animal weighs some 90 kilograms.
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| Young people enjoy releasing baby olive ridley sea turtles into the sea. Photo: N.D.K |
The management authority of the Con Dao National Park reported that an olive ridley with an Indonesian tag also landed at Con Dao to lay eggs in 2018.
Olive ridley sea turtles, known scientifically as Lepidochelys olivacea, are classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Approximately 150,000 baby olive ridley turtles undergo incubation at hatcheries on Con Dao and are then released into the sea every year.
To protect the endangered sea turtles, Con Dao authorities have identified and addressed many cases of trafficking in olive ridley sea turtles and their body parts in recent years.
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| An olive ridley sea turtle lays eggs on Con Dao off the coast of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam. Photo: D.H. |
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