{"id":85644,"date":"2024-02-10T23:15:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T17:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=85644"},"modified":"2024-02-12T18:08:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:38:12","slug":"olive-ridley-turtles","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/olive-ridley-turtles","title":{"rendered":"Olive Ridley Turtles: Protection Status, and Nesting Sites In India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Context:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>12 nesting sites <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Olive Ridley Turtles were identified in the<\/span><b> Mangalore division of Karnataka after a gap of 29 years.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Olive Ridley Turtles Are Back On Mangaluru Beaches<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Karnataka has the distinction of being the only state<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><b> India\u2019s western coast having an Olive Ridley rookery.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Kundapur and Byndoor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> beaches record around 200 nesting sites a year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Turtles nested on the <\/span><b>beaches of Sasihithlu and Tannerbavi in the Mangalore division of Karnataka after a gap of 29 years (since 1985).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Olive Ridley Turtle<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Scientific name: Lepidochelys olivacea<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Range:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are found in warm tropical waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><b>Protection Status Of Olive Ridley Turtle<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/iucn-new-list-of-threatened-species\/#:~:text=IUCN%20brings%20together%20governments%20and,the%20extinction%20risk%20of%20species.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>IUCN<\/b><\/a><b>: Vulnerable<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/approach-to-wildlife-conservation\/#:~:text=Empowerment%20of%20CBI%20under%20Wild,apprehend%20and%20prosecute%20wildlife%20offenders.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Wildlife( Protection) Act 1972<\/b><\/a><b>: Schedule 1 CITES: Appendix I<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-85811\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/olive-ridley-turtles-65c9ce42c55e7.webp\" alt=\"Olive Ridley Turtle\n\" width=\"447\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/olive-ridley-turtles-65c9ce42c55e7.webp 1789w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/olive-ridley-turtles-65c9ce42c55e7-300x181.webp 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/olive-ridley-turtles-65c9ce42c55e7-1024x618.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/olive-ridley-turtles-65c9ce42c55e7-768x464.webp 768w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/olive-ridley-turtles-65c9ce42c55e7-1536x927.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/olive-ridley-turtles-65c9ce42c55e7-1568x947.webp 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><b>Olive Ridley Turtles Nesting Sites In India<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arribada beaches occur in, <\/span><b>Odisha\u00a0 (Gahirmatha, Devi River mouth, and Rushikulya) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with an estimated +100,000 nests per year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/editorial-analysis\/strategic-importance-of-andaman-and-nicobar-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andaman Islands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, India, with more than 5,000 nests.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Prey base: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are omnivorous and their prey base includes\u00a0 algae, lobster, crabs, tunicates, jellyfish and mollusks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><b>Threats To Olive Ridley Turtles<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bycatch in fishing gear, Climate change, Direct harvest of turtles and eggs, Loss and degradation of nesting and foraging habitat, Ocean pollution and marine debris, Predation of eggs and hatchlings by stray dogs in the daytime and foxes in the night time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><b>Features Of Olive Ridley Turtles<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are the <\/span><b>smallest sea-turtles on the earth but the most abundant in population<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They generally arrive by night and leave by daybreak after laying eggs. The eggs hatch after a minimum of 10-12 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100.201%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><b>Arribada\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>unique mass nesting behaviour,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where thousands of females come together on the same beach to lay eggs.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is\u00a0 <\/span><b>found only in the genus Lepidochelys which includes the Kemp&#8217;s ridley and olive ridley sea turtles.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Necessary elements of arribada:\u00a0 o<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ffshore winds, lunar cycles, the release of pheromones by females and the temperature of the seawater.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<span class=\"vc_button\"><b>Also Read: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/spotted-pond-turtle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spotted Pond Turtle<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<p><b>News Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/wildlife-biodiversity\/olive-ridley-turtles-are-back-on-mangaluru-beaches--94345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>DTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.136%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 1248.05%; 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