Support Sea Turtle Conservation in El Salvador

We have been waiting to start the new season for our conservation project. During these months, we have been working with leaders from the community to think about the new goals for this year.

One of the activities we did is a beach cleanup, to ensure our turtles nest in clean places. The hatchery is being desinfected by removing sand and using the sunlight to clean bacteria that could affect the incubation.

We will come back with more information once we start collecting eggs and doing other activities with the community.

Another great activity was the analysis of trash source. We did this with the support of the University of El Salvador.

We appreciate your support.

As always it is a pleasure to share an update on our project. We are letting the hatchery dry up, so it will be sanitized and cleaned for the new hatching season.

Last year was great because of your generous support and the help of other organizations and friends who love sea turtle conservation. A summary of great results:

• 85,219 sea turtle eggs were incubated and managed at the hatchery. We succeeded in our goal last year and hope to do it in 2025.
• 79,312 hatchlings were released into the ocean, showing a good percentage of survival in the hatchery.
• 3 beach cleanup campaigns were implemented to keep the hatchery and the beach free of plastics that come from everywhere
• More than 3 public hatchling releases done with community and friends
• 3 training sessions with participants to talk about the project

For 2025 we will keep working to support the conservation of sea turtles and share more experiences.

Thanks, friends,

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