Marine Turtle status Report - Indian Ocean - South-East Asian ...

From February to June for the year 2008 to 2010 the number of Hawksbill turtlenests was consistently high. In December 2008 there were only five nests. Thelowest number of nests of Hawksbill turtles was from August to January (Figure14).Monthly nesting distribution of Hawksbill turtle on Matakingisland for 2006 to 2010Number of nests654321020062007200820092010Jan Feb Mac Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov DecMonthFigure 14: Monthly nesting distribution of Hawksbill turtle onMataking Island from 2006 to 2010Table 10: Summary of nesting data for Green turtle on Mataking Island from2006 to 20102006 2007 2008 2009 2010Total number of6 19 15 52 58nestsTotal number of eggs 421 1743 1321 4771 5323Range number of 47-117 31-233 63-119 48-177 30-140eggs per nestTotal number of265 165 789 3190 4108hatchlingsRange number of 11-90 0-91 12-91 3-118 1-125hatchlings per nestAverage hatching 62.9 20.4 59.7 66.8 77.2success rate (%)Range hatching 46.0-24.0 0.0-52.1 16.3-91.7 4.8-97.5 0.8-98.7success rate per nest(%)Range incubationdays46-63 53-61 48-59 40-62 47-6829