Sep 25

Written by: frank zindel
25.09.2009

Dear friends

 

We have very good news from Sal Rei. The nesting season of loggerheads in Cape Verde has not yet finished but we (Natura 2000) have analised data recorded until the begining of September and have made some predictions for the season that we want to share with you. News are really great in Boavista. I hope that this success can be extended to the rest of the islands.

In Boavista in all beaches we estimate for the 2009 nesting season more than 20'000 nests (in previous years we counted less then 14'000 nest) but especially relevant is the decrease in the number of hunted females although there were many more
females nesting this season. We have counted approx. 180 and expect no more than 220 (overall) for the end of the season. This means 5 % of the nesting females. I remind you that in 2007 approx. 1150 females, i.e. 36 % of nesting females were hunted on Boavista beaches.

We are really happy and want to congratulate all of you for your effort to see these good results. By the end of the year we will provide a more detailed final report with an analysis of the data gathered in Boavista.

2009 is going to be very good year for turtle conservation but our job has just started. We should try to even improve these results for next years.

Best wishes and thanks for your cooperation, help and friendship.

Natura 2000

Adolfo Marco
Estacion Biologica de Doçana, CSIC, Seville, Spain

 

 

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