Marine Turtle Newsletter 5:3, © 1977
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Marine Turtle Newsletter 5:3, © 1977
Orissa: The government of Orissa is still in the planning stage for management of the huge rookery of olive ridleys there. Meanwhile protective measures are in operation and many turtles have been tagged. Some commercial use of this resource is anticipated. Along the Puri coast of Orissa green turtles are also found, about 4O-50 being caught everyday by local fisherman who do not go out especially to catch turtles. These green turtles are sold mainly in West Bengal based on information sent by:
Lala A.K. Singh Gharial
Research and Conservation Unit
Tikerpada 759122
Orissa, India
Madras: For the past 4 years the staff of the Madras Snake park and volunteers have been collecting turtle eggs (Mostly olive ridleys incubating them in a hatchery and releasing the young. The Madras Snake park is located at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Delouche at Hiruvanmiyur, Madras-41. About 10-15 kms of beach are covered each night for egg collecting. Along 50 kms of beach between Madras and Kalpakkam 90% of the nests are taken by humans, dogs, and jackals, in that order. Professional egg collectors and villagers sell the eggs for about -10 paise each; in 1977 the Central Marine Fisheries Research station in Madras and the Madras Snake Park cooperated in a program of paying egg collectors to bring eggs to the hatchery: 4546 eggs were collected for the hatchery in 1977. Based on information sent by:
R. Whitaker
Madras Snake Park
Madras 6030022 India