The 2021 Olive Ridley sea turtle nesting period along the shores of Rocky Point has recorded at least four nests so far, along with careful removal of 425 turtle eggs now in artificial incubation. Luis César García González, local director of the Federal Maritime Land Zone (ZOFEMAT) detailed his office coordinates with the Federal Environmental […]
A young hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), rarely seen in this part of the Gulf of California, was rescued after beaching in the area of Playa Hermosa in Puerto Peñasco this week. The endangered hawksbill specimen, detailed biologist Humberto González Veliz of the Federal Maritime Land Zone (ZOFEMAT), had been tossed up on shore following […]
By José Antonio Pérez Puerto Peñasco’s first reported sea turtle nest was spotted on Sept. 10th in front of the Playa Bonita RV Park. In a coordinated effort of staff from the Federal Maritime Zone (ZOFEMAT), the Federal Environment Agency (PROFEPA), and biologist Itzel Cárdenas of the Vidanta Group, sixty-nine eggs in all were collected […]
By José Antonio Pérez An injured Pacific green sea turtle was rescued the morning of Monday, August 12th, from in front of the malecón by staff from the Federal Maritime Land Zone (ZOFEMAT), Municipal Ecology, and the Federal Environmental Protection agency (PROFEPA). ZOFEMAT Director Luis Cesar García González detailed the turtle, both front fins of […]
By José Antonio Pérez Patrolling through the vaquita marina refuge area in the Upper Gulf of California on April 22nd (Earth Day), the Sea Shepherd Farley Mowat ship, which is part of the Miracle IV operation, found and rescued a sea turtle trapped in an illegal gillnet. Sea Shepherd members were conducting recovery operations on […]
By José Antonio Pérez During removal of prohibited totoaba fishing gear from the Upper Gulf of California, PROFEPA staff along with the Navy, Federal Police Division, and National Commission of Aquaculture and Fishing (CONAPESCA) rescued a Pacific Green sea turtle, also known as the Galapagos green turtle (Chelonia agassizii), stuck in one of the nets. […]
Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. Aug. 14, 2017. To preserve and care for wildlife in Puerto Peñasco, the municipal administration put a turtle nest and recently laid eggs located along Sandy Beach under the care of the Federal Agency for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA). César García González of the Federal Maritime Land Zone (ZOFEMAT), detailed they together with […]