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Our Experience with the Sea Turtles – Linda Pederzolli, Italy & Manjunath B, Field Officer, FSL-India

Our Experience with the Sea Turtles – Linda Pederzolli, Italy & Manjunath B, Field Officer, FSL-India

In the month of March 2019, FSL-India staff got a surprise: a sea turtle nest at Trasi, along the Kundapura shoreline. Everybody felt so happy and since the beginning, the local fishermen, as well as the community, along with the Forest Department, worked together for taking care of the nest. A strong hatchery was built around the nest and informative sign boards were hung up, in order to protect the eggs. We, FSL-India’s long term volunteers along with Venkatesh, FSL-India’s…

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Visit to Fisherman Community

Visit to Fisherman Community

Mostly, once a week we, from the Sea Turtle Conservation program (STC), drive to one of the fisherman community’s here in the area of Kundapur. Meeting the fishermen is one of the most interesting tasks in our voluntary work. There we have the opportunity to talk with the fishermen about different problems e.g.the waste problem or overfishing that affect the fishermen as well as the sea turtles. The visit of the community is so important because we can learn from…

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