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Sea Turtle Nesting Season Returns To Palm Beach
County With ‘Respect The Locals’ Campaign
Re se a rc he rs the data showed that there were a smaller proportion of false and camouflages the nest.
a t L o gge rhe a d crawls during the shutdown, which is when nesting females • Letting hatchlings emerge: If you see hatchlings on the
Marinelife Center crawl onto the beach and return to the water without laying eggs. beach, allow them to crawl to the ocean on their own. Do not
(LMC) are keeping a As mothers return, it’s especially important to remind remove or dig hatchlings out of a nest. Removing sand above
watchful eye for the beachgoers of best practices during the season. This includes: the nest will make it more difficult for the hatchlings to emerge.
return of sea turtle • Keeping your distance: Never approach or touch a nesting • Turning off lights: Keep lights off at your house while
nesting season in sea turtle. Keep your distance, always stay out of the line of sight, not in use and close your blinds at night to avoid adding to the
Palm Beach County remain quiet and keep all lights off (including flash photography overall glow. Sea turtles crawl towards the brightest horizon,
and have kicked off its and cell phones). Touching, prodding or shining lights may cause
“Respect the Locals” her to not lay eggs or disturb her and affect how well she covers Loggerhead News on page 7
awareness campaign.
Between March 1 and
Oct. 31, sea turtles
nest on the 9.5-mile
stretch of beach
that LMC monitors, Hatchling emergence
which spans from the
northern Palm Beach County line to the northern boundary
of John D. MacArthur Beach State Park. Last year, the center
documented 16,935 sea turtle nests totaling 286 leatherback,
13,059 loggerhead and 3,590 green sea turtle nests. Additionally,
it’s estimated that 800,000 hatchlings were produced from the
2020 nesting season alone.
However, the previous nesting season had some advantages
due to temporary beach closures. According to LMC data,
loggerhead nesting success on Juno Beach was 60 percent
when they first arrived in April during closures, whereas nesting
success dropped to 48 percent when beaches reopened. In short,
Nesting leatherback (storm)
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