Five sea turtle species, all globally threatened, are found in southern Mozambican waters.
Illegal hunting of foraging turtles, nest raiding and modification of coastal habitat are …

Trawling for penaeid shrimps in Sofala Bank (central Mozambique) has been suggested to
have major effects on the size of sea turtle populations. A total of 39 commercial fishers …

Edited and Compiled by: Page 1 MONITORING, TAGGING AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE
TURTLES IN MOZAMBIQUE: ANNUAL REPORT 2013/14 Edited and Compiled by: Raquel S …

Estimating population abundance of marine turtles on their feeding grounds is needed to
implement effective conservation strategies, but is logistically challenging. In-water …

Aerial surveys are often used to estimate wildlife abundance. The probability of detecting an
animal during a survey involves two processes:(1) availability bias when animals present in …

Effective conservation requires reliable data on the abundance and distribution of animals in
space and time. During ship-based or aerial surveys for diving marine vertebrates such as …

Here we present data from a 26-month program “Caribbean Turtle Watch,” initiated as part of
the “Turtles in the Caribbean Overseas Territories”(TCOT) program and designed to harness …

Monitoring animal populations is essential to conservation, and complex monitoring goals
require complex resources. Variable detection probabilities can create uncertainty in trends …

A total of 933 marine turtle nests were reported for the 2009/10 season in Mozambique.
About 77% of these nests were reported from the area between Ponta do Ouro and Inhaca …

Local understanding of migratory species is critical towards the global conservation agenda.
The present study, conducted from 2016-2018, aimed to (i) examine the demographic …