GREEN TURTLE RESEARCH
Hi In the previous post I mentioned that we were planning some marine research during the latter part of this year. After a lot of issues in the community and a change of location we finally got out on the water last week. What a joy that was! We were joined by three Charles Darwin Uni (CDU) researchers and one from WWF. This project is funded by the Commonwealth Marine Parks so we had one of their managers come along for a few days. The Mardbalk rangers from Goulburn Island also joined us. This photo shows the CDU and Mardbalk vessels. There is turtle in the nearest vessel. The turtle is measured for length and width, a flipper tag attached to one of the front flippers, a DNA sample taken from one of the rear flippers and then returned to the water ASAP. The wet towel covering her head is to minimise any distress. A small sample of skin tissue for DNA analysis. We also attached trackers to some however at $4K each there was a limited supply so we only placed these on the breeding ma