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Loggerhead Marinelife Center Breaks All-Time
Sea Turtle Nest Count Record
As of Tuesday, Aug. 6, Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s LMC biologists of beach is one of
(LMC) research biologists recorded an all-time record- estimate that over the most densely
breaking sea turtle nest count of 19,580 nests (and counting). 1,367,489 sea turtle nested sea turtle
The center’s last record-breaking nesting season was recorded hatchlings have been nesting beaches in
in 2017 with a total of 19,085 nests. Sea turtle nesting season produced from nests the world. LMC, a
in Palm Beach County runs from March 1 to Oct. 31 annually. laid thus far on our nonprofit sea turtle
Although the center has experienced record-breaking nesting beaches. With four full- hospital, research,
numbers in previous years, other years have shown a lower time members of the education and
yield. For comparison, the 2018 nesting season resulted in a research staff, seven ocean conservation
total of just over 11,900 sea turtles nests. With three months left seasonal morning institution is located
of nesting season, our researchers expect the nesting numbers technicians, two night in Juno Beach.
to continue to increase by a few more thousand nests. LMC’s technicians, five morning interns and one night intern,
research biologists will continue to mark and monitor sea turtle LMC’s research staff members are able to monitor a 9.5-mile
nests until the end of nesting season, which ends on Oct. 31. stretch of beach in Palm Beach County. This specific stretch
Director of Research, Dr. Justin Perrault commented on the
success of LMC’s research efforts and the record-breaking nest
count, “This news is quite exciting, especially since season is
Pharmacist Approved nowhere near over, and we are still expecting a few thousand
more nests this season. The recent rise in sea turtle nest counts
CBD Oil are worth celebrating and are likely due to protection measures,
enacted several decades ago. We have to remind ourselves that
there is still much work to be done to combat existing threats
to sea turtles, including reducing plastic pollution, assessing
habitat loss, and improving water quality.”
While nesting numbers are at an all-time high this year,
it’s vital to remember that sea turtles continue to face threats,
namely plastic pollution. Currently, 100 percent of post-
hatchlings who are admitted to The Sea Turtle Hospital at
• Compounded Medications LMC have ingested plastic. In addition to plastic pollution, sea
turtles are faced with threats of record heat temperatures. The
made for you and your pets! record heat may skew sea turtle hatchlings’ gender to female,
thus reducing the number of males.
• Compression Hosiery How To Help:
To help LMC celebrate the record breaking sea turtle nesting
• Wheelchairs, Walkers, Canes season:
TequesTa Drugs anD volunteers on Aug. 17 at 8:30 a.m. on the center’s back deck for
• Blue Friends Society Beach Cleanup: Join LMC staff and
our monthly Blue Friends Society Beach Cleanup where you
can help reduce debris on one of the world’s most important
CompounDing sea turtle nesting beaches.
• Adopt a nest: To celebrate this year’s record nesting season
people are encouraged to adopt a sea turtle nest. For more
information on this program please visit: https://marinelife.
Additionally, please remember to practice sea turtle-safe
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protocol when visiting our local Florida beaches during nesting
and hatching season.
Do:
• Throw away debris left behind on the beach.
• Fill in holes in the sand, knock down sand castles and
remove foreign objects that may obstruct a sea turtle’s path to
and from the ocean.
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