The Green Turtle in Coral Bay

Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) are all over the world in tropical and subtropical waters rich in coral reefs of algae and seagrasses coastal pastures. Adults feed mainly on green algae and green algae, although immature are carnivores.

Features include:

or 4 pairs of large scale on both sides (coastal scales)

Or thick overlapping scales

carapace or protective cover of a shell on the back of the turtle), high arched

Adult orTank approximately 1.0 m

O light to dark green with dark spots

There are seven different genetic strains in Australia, including the Coral Bay and the coast of North-West Shelf field off Pilbara found with the largest group in Western Australia.

There are between 20,000 to 30,000 green turtles in Western Australia - where the most common types of turtles in WA.

The number of turtle nesting season is influenced at all, in Western Australia fromEl Nino, that is, number of beach visiting a farm can range from a few dozen to several hundred in very poor seasons and vary from several thousand during the summer. Their breeding sites are those on the mainland and the sandy beaches of Ningaloo in the season you can see an additional tour.

green adult resident along the edge of the cliff and the rocks are seen in Coral Bay. You can take a walk on the beach, following the lagoon, about 2 km and there are some beautiful areason the rocks, where you can sit and watch them. As part of your tour 11 days if you want to go on tour in the quad, this includes looking at the turtles. There's also a chance to see just snorkeling on the beach of Coral Bay.

The larger, especially female adult turtles are harvested for food by Aboriginal people living along the northern coast. If turtle eggs are easily accessible, which will be collected. Torres Strait Islanders and expatriates of other local"Saltwater" people outside the country Western Australian community, as the area Karratha Dampier are also known to be hunters of green turtles.
Indonesian fishermen are also known exploiters of green turtles in Australian waters.

Legal commercial turtle harvest took place in Western Australia since the 1870th Between 1931 and 1936, a work in turtle soup Cossack (near Karratha) operated. It is estimated that up to 2,500 large green turtles were takeneach year from around the Dampier Archipelago and Monte Bello Islands. In the 1940's-1950 unregulated harvests continue to provide the green turtle soup cannery in Perth and Cossacks.

Between 1958 and 1973, a turtle fisheries managed by commercial fishing regulations have been allowed along the north-west. Green turtles have been adopted for the collection of Monte Bello Islands in the Coral Bay. It is estimated that at least 60,000 green turtles were captured. Commercial products have been exportedespecially in European markets.

Verdi adult migration are known to cross international borders. For example, female green turtles is the breeding and nesting beaches in Western Australia have been taken prisoners released in Indonesia.

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