To read a complete description of the Ocean Connectors program, visit the main Ocean Connectors Project Page.

Don't forget what YOU
can do to help protect sea turtles & other marine life!

Check out these cool links:

• Stop using plastic bags! Use reusable shopping bags instead.
  
  
• Don't buy or eat seafood whose extraction results in bycatch.
  
  
• Visit any communities involved in sea turtle or coastal conservation.
  
  
• Practice the 3 Rs...Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle your trash!
  
  
• Become a member of a conservation organization.
  
  
• Get informed and spread the word!
  
  

• Click here to learn about a great brand of reusable shopping bags!
  
  
• Click here to learn about "safe" seafood!
  
  
• Click here to learn about communities that are involved in sea turtle preservation!
  
  
• Click here to visit the Grupo Tortuguero website and learn about the sea turtle conservation network!
  
  
• Click here to adopt a sea turtle from Pro Peninsula!
  
  
• Questions? Email your Ocean Connectors Education Coordinator!
  

Sea Turtle Facts:

• Sea turtles have lived on the planet for over 100 million years! Sea turtles thrived in the world's oceans until recently; modern human developments have pushed all 7 species of sea turtles to the brink of extinction.
• Green sea turtles can hold their breath for over an hour! This helps them on their migrations between nesting beaches on the western coast of Mexico and feeding grounds in San Diego, California.
• Black sea turtles are a sub species of the green sea turtle. They share the same DNA, but exhibit physical differences.
• The biggest sea turtle ever to be found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is "Wrinkle-Bottom" and she weighs about 575 lbs! She is known to spend a lot of time in San Diego Bay.
• Loggerhead sea turtles migrate more than 6,000 miles from their nesting beaches in Japan to their feeding grounds in Mexico! This voyage takes over a year!
• The leatherback sea turtle can weigh nearly 2,000 lbs and be up to 13 feet long! They can dive deeper than any other species of sea turtle!
• The hawksbill sea turtle is considered "critically endangered", which means that their populations have decreased by 80% in just 3 generations.
• Female olive ridley sea turtles come onshore to nest by the hundreds! These large groups are called "arribadas", which means "arrival" in Spanish.
• Kemp's ridley sea turtles are the only species that commonly nests in the daytime! They also tend to nest on only one beach in the whole world: Rancho Nuevo along the Gulf of Mexico.
• Flatback sea turtles live solely off the northern coast of Australia in isolated, remote regions.