[Coral-List] Turtle hatchlings. Coral-List Digest, Vol 107, Issue 23

Anneliese Appleton annelieseappleton at hotmail.co.uk
Fri Jul 21 12:51:58 EDT 2017


Dear Julian,

I have worked for several years for Lang Tengah Turtle Watch, a turtle conservation organisation based on the east coast of Malaysia.

I was involved in the set-up of a turtle conservation centre in Tanjong Jara Resort - we were allowed to patrol, collect eggs and incubate them in a security patrolled hatchery on their beach (a green turtle nesting beach) in return for providing the chance for guests to watch a turtle release. As such, we had a list of 'best practice' that we followed in order for the release to be as natural and stress free as possible. My colleague and Director of Lang Tengah Turtle Watch, or another member of the team currently in Malaysia, I'm sure would be happy to speak or meet with you to discuss this further if you would like their details. I would also be more than happy to provide this information if easier.

Regardless, it would have been near enough impossible for us, or anyone, to protect turtles on that beach without the support of the hotel. Without our support almost all the eggs would have been poached and sold at the market. Strict guidelines and a strong understanding between us and hotel management was completely essential. For example, you don't want staff promising a turtle release on a certain night when we cannot guarantee the hatchlings will be close to emergence. This begins to create unsatisfied guests, complaints and an unsustainable partnership.

One very important factor is the release of the hatchlings in the night, if hatchlings are forced out of nests early so the public can watch them easily crawl down the beach, it's a certainty their survival chances will decrease. They might be picked off by birds, get dehydrated and tired by the heat of the sun or the sand, disorientated by the abundance of light and be much more visible to predators in the water and flying over it with their shadow cast through the water. Additionally, if they are not ready to emerge naturally from their nest, they may not have absorbed enough energy from their egg to power them through the first few important days in open water when they will not stop to feed for a considerable amount of time. 

Do let me know if you want those contact details or more information about our best practice guidelines. I am very glad the government is thinking about this issue. 

Kind regards,
Anneliese Appleton
Annelieseappleton at hotmail.co.uk



Kind regards,
Anneliese
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>  1. Re: Fwd: Chasing Coral is now streaming on Netflix (Steve Mussman)
>  2. Effects of nuclear testing on coral reefs (Eugene Shinn)
>  3. Re: Coral-List Digest, Vol 107,    Issue 22  -Re:  sea level
>     rise speeding up (Durwood M. Dugger)
>  4. Re: Symposium on Effective Conservation @ICCB2017
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>  5. Turtle hatchlings (Julian)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:39:56 -0400
> From: Steve Mussman <sealab at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Fwd: Chasing Coral is now streaming on
>   Netflix
> To: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
> Cc: Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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> Hi Doug,
> I just got to view the film as well and I had the same reaction. A special thank you should go out to all of the scientific advisors (many of whom are Coral-Listers) who stepped out of their comfort zones to participate on the big screen. Great job and let's hope that the film's message gets through to the masses. I'm thinking that The Cove had a significant impact on marine mammal captivity issues so perhaps Chasing Coral will have a similar effect by raising public awareness of the plight of the world's coral reefs. 
> Regards,
> Steve
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 3:28 PM, Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I got to see this film yesterday at a community screening in American
>> Samoa, by the National Marine Sanctuary there.  I have to say that this is
>> probably the best film I've seen about coral reefs, it is chock full of
>> good information that everybody can understand, has dazzling photography
>> including the first time lapse of coral growing I've ever seen and gorgeous
>> fluorescent corals in time lapse, plus a human interest story, and of
>> course makes the plight of corals being killed worldwide by bleaching in
>> hot water so clear, starting with dead coral boneyards in Florida, and
>> showing bleached corals dying in front of our eyes all over the world.
>> Very educational, gripping.  An excellent film in all ways, I hope huge
>> numbers of people see it, spread the word.  Free to have a community
>> screening anywhere in the world, I believe.  If your community doesn't have
>> a screening, organize one!!!!  You'll be glad you did.
>> Cheers,  Doug
>> 
>> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 3:32 AM, James Hendee - NOAA Federal <
>> jim.hendee at noaa.gov> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> For some reason, Dr. Mark Eakin's post is not making it through the
>>> List, so I am herewith forwarding it in hopes that it goes through this
>>> time.  (We don't usually do this for people so that list members don't
>>> ask us for more info on the subject, rather the person who is sending
>>> the post; and also because we couldn't possibly do this for all 9,400
>>> members.)
>>> 
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject:        Chasing Coral is now streaming on Netflix
>>> Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:38:30 -0400
>>> From:   Mark Eakin - NOAA Federal <mark.eakin at noaa.gov>
>>> To:     Coral-List
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Today, the new 90 minute film Chasing Coral
>>> <http://chasingcoral.com/> has been released on Netflix
>>> <https://www.netflix.com/title/80168188>.
>>> 
>>> Chasing Coral takes viewers on a thrilling ocean adventure as a team of
>>> divers, photographers, and scientists set out to discover why reefs
>>> around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate and provides a
>>> look at this underwater world so few of us have the opportunity to see
>>> up close. You can view the trailer here
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6fHA9R2cKI&feature=youtu.be>.
>>> 
>>> The film will appeal to a wide audience, far beyond those who already
>>> love coral reefs and understand the impact climate change is having on
>>> them. Chasing Coral already has won awards from many film festivals,
>>> including The US Documentary Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival,
>>> the Audience Choice and Student Awards at MountainFilm, Audience
>>> Favorite at the Princeton Environmental Film Festival, Best
>>> Environmental Film and Best of Fest at the International Wildlife Film
>>> Festival, and Best Call2Action, Best Documentary, and Peoples Choice,
>>> Feature Length Film at the Boulder International Film Festival.
>>> 
>>> You can watch Chasing Coral now on Netflix, or at a community screening
>>> <http://www.chasingcoral.com/screenings/> near you. If you?d like to get
>>> involved after watching the film, I encourage you to sign up to host a
>>> free community screening. Simply pick a date and location then complete
>>> the Registration Form <http://www.chasingcoral.com/impact-screening/>.
>>> From there the Chasing Coral team will follow up with some additional
>>> materials to help make your screening extra special.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mark
>>> 
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>> Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations 530 trillion
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>> https://www.yahoo.com/news/inaction-climate-change-risks-leaving-151425043..html
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>> Study: heat waves predicted to make some countries uninhabitable by 2100 if
>> global warming not controlled.  Mora, Camilo et 17 al. 2017.  Global risk
>> of deadly heat. Nature Climate Change.
>> http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/mora/Publications/Mora%20059.pdf
>> 
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> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:58:58 -0400
> From: Eugene Shinn <eugeneshinn at mail.usf.edu>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Effects of nuclear testing on coral reefs
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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> I read the papers cited in Maria Beger?s posting and the one mentioned 
> by Peter Sale with great interest. The conclusion confirms our 
> observations at Enewetak in 1984.
> 
> First some background and why we were there. Our mission was to 
> determine the size of nuclear craters created at the time of the event 
> rather than the size one observes today. It was known that the submarine 
> craters began enlarging and deepening immediately after creation. Such 
> enlargement is less likely to occur with craters made by bombs on dry 
> land.Why was this important? In the early 1980s congress was arguing 
> over a proposed nuclear defense system called the MX Missile Program. 
> Should we have ballistic missiles on moving trains to hide their 
> locations from the enemy or put missiles in hardened silos? If in silos 
> what should the spacing between silos be?No one knew the exact diameter 
> of a crater made by a 10-megaton bomb. We could not do surface testing 
> to find out. However, the US had tested these size bombs (devices) on 
> atolls in the Marshall Islands. Unfortunately the present craters had 
> increased in size due to compaction and dewatering than that produced at 
> the instant of detonation. As geologists with the USGS our mission was 
> to do geological detective work and determine crater size at the instant 
> of what the Defense Nuclear agency called ?the event.? That would in 
> theory provided the knowledge of spacing needed for MX missile silos. We 
> were very successful and were also told we could pursue any other 
> geological or biological process of interest we thought important---and 
> we did as described below.
> 
> All of us were impressed at the variety and abundance of corals and fish 
> as well as the lack of residual radioactivity. A general cleanup of 
> radioactive material had already been conducted and placed under a 
> cement dome covering a crater on one of the islands. Everything we 
> collected was checked for radioactivity and revealed safe levels. A 
> major surprise was that growth rings in live half meter high /Porities/ 
> head corals growing near the lip of Koa crater revealed they recruited 
> and began growing in 1958, the same year the crater was created.A large 
> 2-meter-high /Porities/ head about 1 km from Oak crater created by a 
> 9-megaton device was also cored. The Geiger counter revealed low-level 
> activity in the coral band that formed the year of the shot. Its growth 
> rate had not been affected and growth rates afterwards matched growth 
> rate before the atomic test.Fish and especially sharks were abundant and 
> aggressive. We concluded that the reef (except within the huge craters) 
> was minimally affected. Significantly the human population had been 
> excluded from the atoll (as it was at Bikini) and there had been no 
> fishing conducted there since the testing. This concurs with the 
> observations at Bikini as reported on the coral-list.
> 
> Before going to Enewetak I had a brief conversation with James Stewart 
> the long time dive master at Scripts who recently passed away at age 89. 
> He told me he had dived in the hydrogen bomb crater known as Koa crater 
> just 3-days after the blast. I felt relieved when I found myself diving 
> in that same crater 26 years later.Gene
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> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:39:26 -0400
> From: "Durwood M. Dugger" <ddugger at biocepts.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Coral-List Digest, Vol 107,    Issue 22  -Re:
>   sea level rise speeding up
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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> Did I miss it? Jeff Tollefson?s article doesn?t seem to provide any reference where tidal gauges are currently showing an average of 4mm/yr. of sea level rise exists. If I missed something I would appreciate that tidal gauge data reference.
> 
> I have to agree Richard Dunne. This past year I helped research the basis for a graduate level course in Anthropogenic Marine Impacts. Researching sea level data interpretations are at least as uninspiring - regarding scientific confidence - as Richard so well points out. 
> 
> Satellite measurement errors have been down played by satellite technology groups over the past decade. They have even reduced the discussion of those errors in places like WikiPedia. A few years ago there was an entire section ?Satellite Error? discussing the problems of sea level measurement regarding satellite orbital decay and the need for calibration - and resulting sea level measurement errors. The satellite error discussion in Wikipedia now seems to have been reduced from a bold sub-heading under Sea Level Rise to a couple paragraphs under the generic subheading of ?Satellites <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise#Satellites>.? 
> 
> Additionally, reading numerous of papers on the subject spanning the beginning of tidal gauge measurements to and through present satellite and LIDAR elevation technologies - I was struck by the number of papers that don?t separate subsidence from true sea level rise. I suspect that a lot of the uneven sea level rise rate data we see are caused by poor land subsidence accountings - and or uplift and accretion. You can still see examples of the lack of subsidence consideration in current authoritative sea level rise discussions like the chart here where the Galveston, Tx. and Sitka, AL <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise#United_States> showing the highest sea level rise rates in the US, but they also have the fastest subsidence rates and clearly the chart does not reflect sea level rise alone.
> 
> I too, am glad to see that those folks whose egos and jobs are attached to the accuracy (or lack thereof) of satellite sea level measurements have now developed the necessary algorithmic (fudge factors) that allow satellite measurement to finally align with most tidal gauge measurements. Now can we assume that those satellite and tidal gauge measurement comparisons reflect accurate subsidence, uplift and or accretion rates?
> 
> I?m not at all saying that sea levels aren't rising, but only voicing my major concerns over our hubris and our obvious in our ability accurately measure sea level changes over short periods. Perhaps equally or more concerning are those folks who are more than willing to make WAG projections - especially when there is still data not considering the most basic elements of sea level rise - such as accurate subsidence, uplift and accretion. 
> 
> It?s interesting to note that there is also skepticism of our nascent climate science accuracy ?alive and well in the Land Down Under <http://www.climatedepot.com/2017/05/25/sea-level-rise-hysteria-can-be-cured-by-looking-at-tide-gauge-data/> regarding rapid increases in sea level rise projections and how they suggest connections between increased CO2 levels, and rainfall (or lack thereof), with subsidence. 
> 
> Regarding Doug?s comment on the importance of sea level rise to corals - here?s a recent encouraging paper on some corals' growth and recovery from thermal anomalies. <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5390766/>
> 
> Last but by far not the least, the lack of connection made between climate change, sea level rise and all other forms of ANTHROPOGENIC MARINE IMPACTS - is the continuing failure to discuss the over abundant quantities of Anthropogens on our planet. A global failure to maintain and or even entertain positive and benevolent discussion about how we reduce global overpopulation - before we destroy not only our species, but countless others.
> 
> As I?m reading these Coral List comments in Bonaire, and while I make my own comment - I watch three different dive boats and one local fishing boat run through the shallows on the inside of the reef behind our apartment on the leeward west side of the island. They could have added a few hundred yards more to their respective journeys (rather than making this short cut through the coral inhabited turquoise shallows) by going into the deeper water further out in blue water as the round Punt Vierkant. Last year there was a massive 8 foot high Elkhorn Coral reaching toward the surface about 25 meters from the shore. This year the Elkhorn (stump) is only three feet high and it branching arms are gone. Earlier today I was at Jibe City on Lac Bay watching locals and cruise ship tourists walk - and windsurfers sail through - the areas fringe marine grass beds that have been protected and respected areas for more than a decade - and now that respect seems totally forgotten. This year
> most of the grass beds are gone - just giant bald spots that were once productive habitat in Lac Bay. 
> 
> When will we take responsibility? Not just for our fellow humans' mindless actions, but as well our mindless reproduction and resulting grossly excessive numbers and the resulting critical finite resource depletion  - that make us the most unsustainable species on the planet.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Durwood M. Dugger, Pres.
> ddugger at biocepts.com <mailto:ddugger at biocepts.com>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:18:49 +0100
> From: Richard Dunne <RichardPDunne at aol.com <mailto:RichardPDunne at aol.com>>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] sea level rise speeding up
> To: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com <mailto:douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>>,    coral list
>   <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov <mailto:coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>>
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> I have used satellite (SST & SSH), tide-gauge data, and GPS products for 
> many years.
> 
> Satellite data in particular is dependent on accurate calibration, and 
> the quality of the processing algorithms (scientific guesswork?). When 
> that earlier processing is shown to be wrong such as in this case it is 
> not very reassuring.
> 
> More generally, I have experienced Hadley SST products with inexplicable 
> discrepancies, GPS data which has shown land rising, falling and 
> stationary depending on which 'solution' is employed, and even 
> tide-gauge data held on central databases with unexplained errors.
> 
> Perhaps we are 'improving' in all this data collection and analysis. I 
> hope so. In the meantime in trusting what is available it transpires 
> that we are simply generating results that are rubbish. I guess it is 
> time to start deleting some of the older (now inaccurate) papers - but 
> which?
> 
> Richard P Dunne
> 
>> On 19/07/2017 21:07, Douglas Fenner wrote:
>> Satellite snafu masked true sea-level rise for decades.
>> 
>> http://www.nature.com/news/satellite-snafu-masked-true-sea-level-rise-for-decades-1.22312?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20170720&spMailingID=54526224&spUserID=MjA1NTA3MjA0OQS2&spJobID=1203043033&spReportId=MTIwMzA0MzAzMwS2 <http://www.nature.com/news/satellite-snafu-masked-true-sea-level-rise-for-decades-1.22312?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20170720&spMailingID=54526224&spUserID=MjA1NTA3MjA0OQS2&spJobID=1203043033&spReportId=MTIwMzA0MzAzMwS2>
>> 
>> Open-access.
>> 
>> I note that they say that the new calculations fit with tide gauge records
>> around the world, all sources of info on sea level now agree.  I also note
>> that they report that average sea level rise around the world is now nearly
>> 4 mm per year.  Sea level rise is of course important for coral reefs.
>> 
>> Cheers,  Doug
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> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:08:35 +1000
> From: "elisa.bayraktarov" <elisa.bayraktarov at gmx.de>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Symposium on Effective Conservation
>   @ICCB2017
> To: Nohora Galvis <icri.colombia at gmail.com>, Coral-List
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> Dear Nohora and Coral List,
> While seeing myself as an advocate for an ecologically, socially and economically meaningful conservation of global coral reefs, I think we should acknowledge that smart and effective coral conservation will always include elements from both protection and restoration.?
> There are scenarios under which restoration may be more cost effective and provide more benefits than protection over time (see Possingham et al. 2015).?
> Which approach to use will always depend on the specific situation, whether the natural recovery of coral reefs can be supported through management and the available budget that we have to actively intervene. I am curious to know what the other coral listers think.
> At the ICCB2017 in Cartagena, I will present a 'Synthesis on coral reef restoration efforts' in the symposium on Policy and Practice on Tuesday 25th 11:30 - 13:00 in Arsenal.
> Further readings can be found here:
> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elisa_Bayraktarov/publication/317631929_Response_to_%27Rebutting_the_inclined_analyses_on_the_cost-effectiveness_and_feasibility_of_coral_reef_restoration%27/links/5949d4e44585158b8fd5c015/Response-to-Rebutting-the-inclined-analyses-on-the-cost-effectiveness-and-feasibility-of-coral-reef-restoration.pdf
> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/15-1077/full
> Looking forward to catching up at ICCB!
> CheersElisa
> 
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> -------- Original message --------From: Nohora Galvis <icri.colombia at gmail.com> Date: 20/7/17  01:35  (GMT+10:00) To: Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Subject: [Coral-List] Symposium on Effective Conservation @ICCB2017 
> Dear 9,400 members of the Coral-List,
> 
> The ICCB2017 is starting soon in Cartagena, we will moderate the
> knowledge caf? on "Voices of Conservation" Monday at 14:30.
> 
> We will also have a Panel to discuss threats to coral reef
> preservation as a natural ecosystem as organizers of the Symposium on
> Effective Conservation.
> 
> We will not refer to restauration as building one coral species as
> that is a theme for other kind of meetings on artificial reefs because
> for us Active Conservation involves the unanimous recommendations in
> the abstracts to protect effectivley the coral reef refuges such
> #VaraderoColombia and stop / diminish the local and global threats as
> the way to effectively save more coral reefs with a natural ecosytem
> function with multi-species complex structure keeping the
> #OceanOptimism #ConservationOptimism #GlobalBehaviorChange
> #GlobalBehaviOURchange
> 
> Specifically we invite you to attend the first talk of the Symposium
> 157 on Tuesday 25th of July to be aware of the Psychosocial Phenomena
> some coral reef scientist are facing, such as the bystander effect and
> diffusion of responsibility when they are less likely to offer help in
> conservation campaigns leaving other leaders to take action. The
> priorities of some coral reef scientists are measured with units of
> USD $$ as they receive funding to justify unsustainable development
> allowing coral reef destruction while they offer "SAVING THE REEF" by
> breaking some coral colonies to paste them some place else without
> futher monitoring to follow the survivorship, morbility and high
> mortality of ALL taxonomic groups at the natural coral reef ecosystem.
> 
> The coral reef divers who want to join us at diving at
> #CoralesBah?aCartagena #ClimateChangeRefuge please contact me as I am
> staying at http://www.coralesdeindias.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3KKthdWV1QIVxySBCh2PJgTkEAAYASAAEgJeHfD_BwE
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> Cordial saludo,
> 
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> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:44:02 +0800
> From: "Julian" <julian at reefcheck.org.my>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Turtle hatchlings
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> Dear list
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> I have been asked to provide advice to a government department on the
> advisability of allowing tourists to watch/participate in the release of
> turtle hatchlings from nurseries. 
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> 
> Is there any research on this topic? Impact on turtle behaviour or life
> expectancy? Any "best practice" available, or is it a simple "do not allow"?
> Grateful for any papers/research/case studies or other advice.
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> Many thanks, and regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Julian Hyde
> 
> General Manager
> 
> Reef Check Malaysia
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