Cu Lao Cham welcomes new batch of sea turtles
Nearly 2,000 turtle eggs brought from Con Dao Island have been successfully hatched in Cu Lao Cham Island in the programme to restore and conserve sea turtles in the Quang Nam Province's island.
This group of turtle eggs also has a high hatching rate of over 90%.
"Compared to previously, this time we’ve had strong winds and waves which threatened the survival chances of the turtles. We had to put up a fence around the incubation area," Vu said.
During the three-year-programme which was started in 2017, Cu Lao Cham has received six groups of sea turtle eggs. The first group consisted of 500 eggs and the next groups of eggs often consisted of nearly 1,000 eggs. After three years, 1,700 new sea turtles have hatched in Cu Lao Cham and were returned to the sea.
Baby turtles released to the sea
This group of turtle eggs also has a high hatching rate of over 90%.
"Compared to previously, this time we’ve had strong winds and waves which threatened the survival chances of the turtles. We had to put up a fence around the incubation area," Vu said.
During the three-year-programme which was started in 2017, Cu Lao Cham has received six groups of sea turtle eggs. The first group consisted of 500 eggs and the next groups of eggs often consisted of nearly 1,000 eggs. After three years, 1,700 new sea turtles have hatched in Cu Lao Cham and were returned to the sea.
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