A copy of loggerhead sea turtle (‘Caretta caretta’) has deposited 131 eggs on a beach in the municipality of Guardamar del Segura (Alicante), sunset detected this Tuesday by a cleaning operator of the place, who notified the emergency telephone number of the Generalitat Valenciana. As explained by the Fundación Oceanogràfic on its Twitter account, this is the largest spawning recorded on a beach in the Valencian Community in recent years.
This made it possible to launch the Stranding Network, which make up the Ministry of Ecological Transition, the University of Valencia and the Oceanographic Foundation, as reported by the Valencian Executive on Wednesday. To the place they moved sea turtle specialists from the Marine Zoology Unit of the Cavanilles Institute, from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and veterinarians from the Oceanogràfic.
When they arrived, the female – with 71 by 78 centimeters of carapace – was still had not returned to the seawith which he took the opportunity to place a satellite transmitter that will allow you to know your movements. As it is a beach widely used by bathers and based on the experiences of previous years, the experts decided to move the spawn to ensure the survival of this specimen of loggerhead sea turtle.
Of the total of 131 eggs, 100 have moved to a beach in a protected area of the Albufera Natural Parkwhile the remaining 31 are located in facilities of the Oceanographic Foundation, where they will be kept in incubators with adequate temperature and environment.
Starting in the middle of next September and with the coordination of the technicians of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, a volunteer will be launched that will be in charge of monitoring the nest (to avoid predation problems) until the turtles hatch.
All specimens that see the light will be transferred to the Valencia Oceanographic facilities to assess their condition. Three or four days later, those that are well will be released on the same beach in Guardamar del Segura where the female installed her nest. The rest will be kept in the Oceanogràfic until they reach the necessary size (approximately one year) so that a satellite transmitter can be installed that will allow their proper reintegration and trajectory through the Mediterranean to be known.
Source: Lasexta
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