Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

Georgia DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

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Beach Description

Sea Island
Georgia DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

Located off southeastern Georgia’s beautiful Atlantic coast, along five miles of private beach, Sea Island has served as an unrivaled Georgia luxury resort vacation destination since 1928. The company is dedicated to the conservation of the natural resources and beauty this area has to offer. A naturalist offers educational turtle walks to include guests in the nesting process along with conducting daily patrols and protection of nests.


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Summary What does this mean Activity

DNA Samples Assigned: 81 (93.1%)
Unique Females: 37 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 87
  In Situ: 25
  Relocated: 61 (70.1%)
  Inventoried: 85 (97.7%)
  Unknown: 1
False Crawls: 75

Estimated Eggs to Date: 9401
  Eggs Lost: 159 (1.6%)
  Hatched Eggs: 5583
  Emerged Hatchlings: 4988
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 55.3 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 111.5 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 58.8%
Mean Emergence Success: 52.8%
Nest Success: 83.5%
Beach Success: 53.7%

Last Updated: 2013-12-13 09:46:13 (4662.5 days ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead8574
Green Turtle1