For Olive Ridley turtle conservation the Odisha government Friday enforced a seven-month-long prohibition on sea fishing ...

But there has been a recent nesting decline at Gahirmatha, likely due to the unavailability of available nesting areas often ...

Marine fishing prohibition enforced along Odisha coast to ensure safety of Olive turtles The Odisha government on Friday ...

Odisha on Friday imposed a seven-month fishing ban on the 1437sq km Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary that is home to thousands of rare Olive Ridley ... sea with the egg laying process beginning by March ...

Kendrapara : The Odisha government on Friday enforced a seven-month-long prohibition on sea fishing activity within 20 km off ...

Endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have returned to Odisha’s Rushikulya hatchery this year. The sea turtles are able to engage in day-time mass nesting without throngs of people coming to ...

In an effort to revive seafood exports, India mandates turtle excluder devices in fishing trawlers for Olive Ridley turtle ...

at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast since it is Olive Ridley sea turtles' mass nesting season from January to March next year, according to a report published in The Times of India. The testing was ...

The olive ridley turtle is named for the generally greenish ... Olive and Kemp’s ridleys are the smallest of the sea turtles, weighing up to 100 pounds and reaching only about 2 feet in shell ...

Gahirmatha was declared a turtle sanctuary in 1979 by Odisha government after considering its ecological importance and as part of efforts to save the sea turtles. Olive Ridley turtles get their ...

The Odisha government has enforced a seven-month fishing ban within 20 km of the Dhamara, Devi, and Rusikulya river mouths to protect Olive Ridley turtles during their breeding season. The ban, ...