What can be done to restore Pacific turtle populations? The Bellagio blueprint for Action on Pacific Sea turtles

Abstract

The Pacific Ocean is the habitat of 5 species of widely distributed sea turtles and one restricted to Australian waters that evolved nearly 30 millions of years ago. All species are long-lived and clow growing, they take form 10 to 30 years to reach maturity and exhibit complex life cycles involving eggs laid in nests on tropical beaches natal homing and extraordinary feeding and breeding migrations that can span the entire Pacific Ocean. Sea turtle populations are slow to increase and replace themselves.