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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
About 13 nests have been recorded each for Green and Hawksbill turtles (Figure15).Number of nests of Green and Hawksbill turtles onPom-Pom island for 2010Number of nests14121086420GreenHaw ksbillSpeciesFigure 15: Number of Green and Hawksbill turtle nests on Pom-Pom Island for 2010The number of Green and Hawksbill turtle eggs was 1,230 and 1,792 eggsrespectively. The number of Green and Hawksbill turtle hatchlings was 827 and1,359 hatchlings respectively (Figure 16).Number of eggs and hatchlings of Green and Hawksbill turtleson Pom-Pom island for 2010Number of eggs /hatchlings200015001000500Number of eggsNumber of hatchlings0GreenHawksbillSpeciesFigure 16: Number of eggs and hatchlings of Green and Hawksbill turtles onPom-Pom Island for 201031
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