Ghana Olive Ridley Project (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Michael Coyne

doi:10.15468/kj47kc

Ghana Olive Ridley Project (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

Coyne M. 2021. Ghana Olive Ridley Project. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1459) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=468). https://doi.org/10.15468/kj47kc accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Original provider: SEATURTLE.ORG Dataset credits: Data provider SEATURTLE.ORG Animal Tracking Program Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner This project is a partnership between SEATURTLE.ORG, Florida Gulf Coast University, the Hlamhi Association for Turtle Conservation and Hope (HATCH), the University of Ghana and the Ghana Wildlife Division, Forestry Commission. Project sponsor or sponsor description This project is sponsored in part by the Disney Worldwide Conservations Fund, SEATURTLE.ORG and the Hlamhi Association for Turtle Conservation and Hope (HATCH). Abstract: Historical records indicate that green, olive ridley, hawksbill, and loggerhead sea turtles once utilized Ghana’s coastal waters as foraging grounds. Records also indicate leatherback, green, olive ridley, hawksbill, and loggerhead also utilized Ghana’s shore as nesting habitat. There has not been a confirmed loggerhead or hawksbill nest in Ghana for 25 years indicating these two species have most likely been extirpated from the region. Currently, the leatherback, olive ridley, and green sea turtles are the only remaining species nesting in Ghana. Sea turtles in this region are exposed to a maze of fishing vessels and nets that must be carefully avoided to reach the nesting beach. Each year large sea turtle stranding events are documented during time periods of off-shore and near-shore fishing. Illegal commercial fishing activity occurs regularly in shallow off-shore waters, whereas commercial and subsidence fishing take place near-shore and off the beach. Understanding the temporal and spatial movement patterns of olive ridleys would provide information on the interaction of sea turtles and fisheries in Ghana's waters.

With funding from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, we are gathering knowledge and creating educational programs necessary to implementing a conservation program that is socially and economically self-sustaining over the long term. The proposed research will answer key questions about the ecology of olive ridley sea turtles that will allow limited existing resources to be used most effectively into the future, and will incorporate educational programs to reverse the social perception of sea turtles so that their preservation is part of the cultural norm. Supplemental information: Visit STAT's project page for additional information. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Lepidochelys olivacea
common name: Olive Ridley rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Michael Coyne
originator
position: Primary contact
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Michael Coyne
owner
position: Primary contact
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/

Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
originator
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/

Michael Coyne
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/