Conservancy of Southwest Florida Research Manager Dr. Jeff Schmid studies Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles – the most endangered sea turtles on the planet.
Learn more at: https://www.conservancy.org/our-work/science/wildlife/kemps-ridley.
Turtles are tagged, released and their movements can be tracked via satellite telemetry. Research activities are conducted under NMFS permit #18069 and FFWCC permit #136. We were recently invited to observe the release of 3 sea turtles.
Take a look at their release in the below video:
You can follow the progress of these 3 turtles (Mistah Larry, Lucy and Shelley) here www.seaturtle.org.
