Marine Turtle Ecology and Assessment Program Research Portfolio

The Marine Turtle Research Program was established at the La Jolla Lab of the Southwest Marine Fisheries Service to address the priority actions identified in the U.S. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Plans. These include (1) monitoring and protection of nesting populations, (2) monitor and reduce incidental take in fisheries, (3) determine abundance and distribution of adults and juveniles in marine environment, and (4) support existing and new international agreements to protect sea turtles

Our research and conservation effort has mainly focused on the leatherback and the eastern Pacific green turtle due to concerns over alarming and dramatic population declines in the last two decades. We are, however, working in partnership with governments, universities, private institutions, and local communities throughout the Pacific to build collaborative research programs and implement a coordinated recovery effort for all sea turtles species.

The Marine Turtle Research Program was established at the La Jolla Lab of the Southwest Marine Fisheries Service to address the priority actions identified in the U.S. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Plans. These include (1) monitoring and protection of nesting populations, (2) monitor and reduce incidental take in fisheries, (3) determine abundance and distribution of adults and juveniles in marine environment, and (4) support existing and new international agreements to protect sea turtles

Our research and conservation effort has mainly focused on the leatherback and the eastern Pacific green turtle due to concerns over alarming and dramatic population declines in the last two decades. We are, however, working in partnership with governments, universities, private institutions, and local communities throughout the Pacific to build collaborative research programs and implement a coordinated recovery effort for all sea turtles species.