SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO SEA TURTLE PROJECTS WITH A FOCUS ON AFRICA, ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC (2022-2026)

The purpose of this project is to strengthen the capacity of approximately 12 Marine Turtle Conservation Fund (MTCF)-funded projects to improve management practices for nesting beach conservation programs and sea turtle bycatch reduction efforts by providing technical and scientific assistance for MTCF- supported sea turtle conservation projects in Africa, Asia, West Pacific,.and Oman.

Activities include: 1) site visits to MTCF-funded projects in Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Indonesia, Solomon.Islands, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Thailand to provide training and technical support; and 2) provide technical support.and participation in a sea turtle fisheries bycatch project with fishing communities at Masirah Island, Oman and oversight of the standardized nesting surveys of the Masirah Island loggerhead nesting population; and (3) implement and oversee a hatching success study on the main Oman loggerhead nesting beaches.