Cayman Turtle Farm Green Sea Turtle Releases

Original provider:
Cayman Turtle Farm

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Cayman Turtle Farm
Originating data center
<a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter in West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands is the first commercial sea turtle farm in the world to have achieved the 2nd generation of Green Sea turtles bred, laid, hatched and raised in captivity. Visitors are welcomed to the site which has been developed into a mini theme park attraction featuring island wildlife in addition to turtles of all ages, for example indigenous and Caribbean birds in a free-flight aviary, a large salt-water crocodile, sharks and other marine predators, iguanas, and a nature trail full of various other flora and fauna.<br>Cayman Turtle Farm also participates in leading research on the biology and care of sea turtles. In 1984 Cayman Turtle Farm participated in an international project to help conserve Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, and the farm achieved the first successful captive breeding of the species for later release in that species' native territory to help boost the wild population. CTF's stock of Green Sea turtles of a wide range of known ages from hatchlings to over 40 years old, and the CTF experts' experience in the husbandry of these exotic animals, have created unique opportunities for learning more about these magnificent creatures. Some 100 scientific papers have been published or presented based on research in which Cayman Turtle Farm was involved. The release of satellite-tagged 2nd-generation captive-bred turtles will help expand knowledge of the adaptation and behaviour of captive-bred turtles released into the wild.<br>More information about Cayman Turtle Farm and its programmes is available at www.turtle.ky

Abstract:
Turtles in this group add to over 31,000 captive-bred Green Sea Turtles released from the Cayman Turtle Farm since 1968. Tagging studies (living tags) have shown that females reared from eggs on the farm and released in the 1980s are now returning to beaches on the Cayman Islands to nest and complete their life cycles.

原始提供方：
开曼海龟养殖场（Cayman Turtle Farm）

数据集致谢：
数据提供方：开曼海龟养殖场
原始数据中心：<a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>卫星跟踪与分析工具（Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool, STAT）</a>
项目合作方：开曼海龟养殖场：位于开曼群岛大开曼岛西湾的海岛野生动物邂逅园区，是全球首家成功实现绿海龟（Green Sea Turtle）人工繁育、产卵、孵化及饲养至第二代的商业化海龟养殖场。园区已开发为迷你主题乐园，除各类年龄段海龟外，还设有自由飞行禽舍，展示本土及加勒比海鸟类、大型咸水鳄、鲨鱼及其他海洋掠食者、鬣蜥，以及遍布各类动植物的自然步道，欢迎游客到访。<br>开曼海龟养殖场还参与海龟生物学与养护的前沿研究。1984年，该场参与了一项保护肯普氏丽龟（Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle）的国际项目，并首次实现该物种的人工繁育，后续将个体放归其原生栖息地，以助力野生种群恢复。该场饲养的绿海龟种群涵盖从幼龟到40龄以上的全年龄段个体，加之养殖专家对这些异域物种的饲养管理经验，为深入研究这类珍稀生物提供了独特契机。基于该场参与的研究，已有约100篇学术论文发表或宣读。对佩戴卫星追踪标签的第二代人工繁育海龟的放归工作，将进一步拓展人们对放归野外的人工繁育海龟的适应能力与行为模式的认知。<br>更多关于开曼海龟养殖场及其项目的信息可访问www.turtle.ky

摘要：
本批次海龟使开曼海龟养殖场自1968年以来累计放归野外的人工繁育绿海龟总数突破31000只。标记研究（活体标记）显示，1980年代在该场由卵孵化饲养并放归的雌性个体，如今已返回开曼群岛的海滩筑巢，完成其生命循环。