Tracking green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting along Bangladesh coast

In Bangladesh, currently Olive ridley and green turtle nest at suitable beaches along the coast. Olive ridley, green turtle and hawksbill turtle sub adult recorded along coast of Cox Bazar including St. Martin Island, Sonadia... [ view full abstract ]

In Bangladesh, currently Olive ridley and green turtle nest at suitable beaches along the coast. Olive ridley, green turtle and hawksbill turtle sub adult recorded along coast of Cox Bazar including St. Martin Island, Sonadia Island trapped in beach seine and abandoned fishing gears(ghost net) while foraging along shore line in recent years (Islam, 2016). Olive ridley and green turtle subadult also recorded inside intertidal lagoons of the southern end of Cheradia, St. Martin Island. To understand Green turtle movement and migration routes Marinelife Alliance started satellite tracking on nesting sea turtles. We attached, Platform Terminal Transmitter (PTT) of Wildlife Computer, USA, Model # SPOT5-293A, The adult green turtle moved through the coast of Bangladesh south central zone, Sundarban and later spent 16 days along the shallow habitat of Vitarkanika National Park of India, within the tributaries of AbulKalam Island, and Kanika Island (Lat20.78147N, Lon87.03532E; Figure:17). This green turtle later traveled to Myanmar location at very coast of the northern shallow water of Myengu Island east of Savage Island, south of Sittwe(Lat 20.084350N, Lon 92.924996E). The clear sign of foraging that turtle spent moving around in a very small area for more than one month(Figure-18).