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

Table 11: Summary of nesting data for Hawksbill turtle on Mataking Island from2006 to 20102006 2007 2008 2009 2010Total number of5 6 11 13 16nestsTotal number of eggs 249 809 1207 1454 2062Range number of 4-114 95-200 83-163 58-191 86-175eggs per nestTotal number of153 165 592 926 1131hatchlingsRange number of 4-98 0-73 3-82 8-137 3-156hatchlings per nestAverage hatching 61.5 20.4 49.1 63.7 54.9success rate (%)Range hatching 5.7-100.0 0.0-52.1 3.1-75.0 6.6-90.9 2.5-94.4success rate per nest(%)Range incubationdays24-68 53-61 54-64 55-69 53-665.3.2 Pom-Pom IslandSipadan Pom-Pom Island Resort and Tours Sdn. Bhd. started its turtleconservation programme in 2008. The resort has two hatcheries, measuring 6 m 2and 20m 2 , built in 2008 and 2010 respectively. Currently, only the largerhatchery is being used. Five patrollers headed by a dive instructor monitor thenesting beaches. Once a nest is found, the eggs are placed in the hatchery as soonas possible and the nest is labelled. The patrollers on Pom-Pom conduct theirrounds nightly. This team has found nests when they patrol early in the morning.30