• Case study: Kemp's ridley sea turtle

Question 1

why was there a decline?

Answer 1

• Smallest of the sea turtles
• Population decline
Turtles have great migration but focus on very specific nesting sites - limited by humans as beaches are sought out by both humans and sea turtles

Question 2

why were we successful in conservation

Answer 2

• Success in conservation can be attributed to our understanding of their loss

	○ We studied bycatch, observed eggs + loss 
	○ Community support for protection, general awareness of the issue

Question 3

what else impacted them? how did we fix this?

Answer 3

○ Also impacted by natural weather events, accidental capture of sea turtles by fishing vessels, and the consumption of turtle eggs by humans
○ Escape valve implemented in shrimp catching nets so sea turtles could escape

Question 4

how were the falcon and turtle species population numbers and distribution aided?

Answer 4

Active reintroduction efforts into protected areas
introduction of species into different areas - increase populations and allows the species to have many populations rather than putting the pressure on a few bigger populations