News Up sea turtles landed the first zero spawning area incident

sea turtle observations 62 years, and GAMO coast,

, coast GAMO, easternmost Shikoku

. In this beach the loggerhead sea turtles come to 0/1954 for local elementary school students as a summer project landing times and laying watching and started. Make left on record
children from spawning may until August each morning, Coast Watch, there is no sea turtle tracks or track laid. These observations continued until 0/1991 become a closed elementary school, 60 years after that works with residents in Anan City Board of education has evolved a history of observation. Sandy be coast gamou, in addition to spawning grounds in Tokushima Prefecture has two locations, but only this long is that around the world, where it continued observation is not a valuable record.

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this incident

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where is this summer occurred for the first time in the long history of. Sea turtle landings did not see even one. Anan city was responsible for the observed "regional cooperation" of mitsuho Masaki suketa walked all over the coast from May to October every morning, is about 500 meters of sea turtles, such as looking for, but found none. Partly due to demand from residents, Masaki suketa extends period of time than usual and continued to look at until the end of September, but result was the same.
tetsuomi sukeda entitled, "continued research with the hope that the sea turtle is one of the treasures of the region, hope to land at least once, so it's a shame. What can turtles have come once again to consider "and talk.

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here recently reduced tendency

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62 years observations 0/1959 at its peak in summer 781 times landing sea turtles were checked. But in the past 10 years at an annual average is down to about 20 times and then continues downward trend. Anan city, Tokushima prefecture, Minami town of Caretta of hiwasa turtles Museum Tanaka-Yu, curator says "due to development around the coast compared to the old reduces the amount of sand beach itself has disappeared, turtles lay eggs difficult is that is not what". It is not ever confirmed loggerhead turtles in more than 20 times on the coast of another
on the other hand, this year, is in the northern part of the coast the GAMO, Anan city, such phenomena are observed.
Tanaka curator ' is likely went to sea turtles coast GAMO, had landed so far as the tide changes on different coasts. However, it is also reluctant to landing some might have caused "and talk. Comes from you do not know the cause in Anan city, to continue studies beyond next year.

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local residents are discouraged

sea turtle landings decreases year by year that was rekindled worries local residents are shocked that this year has at last become a zero. Kenji Okamoto (69) had been observed during elementary school
keep the turtles easy to land even a little environment and every year between June and August, beach trash has been picked up. Okamoto says "believe this year is really unfortunate, but our residents comes I'm sure sea turtles next year and continue to observe, I want to be.

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and "zero" but valuable record doesn't mean that owes the turtles landed on a nationwide scale, there are many places at other spawning areas located in Kyushu, Japan

sea turtle research and conservation "Japan Sea Turtle Conference" in the subject and number of landing increases than last year. This requires observation of the same period and for the adults to lay their eggs from loggerhead sea turtle born in General, it takes about 40 years, accurate analysis of egg-laying coastal environment around. That's why the said coast 60 years too continued over the GAMO, records are very much worth in loggerhead sea turtle research. Masashi Matsuzawa, Chairman of the Japan Sea Turtle Association, "record in the 62-year history, this year was zero's on the other coast, leave a valuable record. That's why what happened or from an expert perspective for more information want to analyze "and talk.

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