A leatherback sea turtle has laid an additional 125 eggs on a beach in the Thai Mueang district, just ten days after the discovery of another turtle nest along the same stretch of beach. The stretch of beaches, reaching 30 kilometres north along the Phang Nga coastline, is just north of Phuket’s Sarasin Bridge.

 

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) says that on Monday, December 18, they received notification from local residents in Baan Bor Kuan, Na Tei, about the presence of a turtle visiting the beach. Marine workers then found evidence of a sea turtle laying eggs on Tha Sai Beach.

 

After a short search, the DMCR located the leatherback sea turtle nest containing 125 eggs – 91 of them confirmed as fertile. To safeguard the eggs from potential harm by animals or people, a temporary net has been placed around the nest – a standard procedure these days to protect turtle nests from wildlife or human activities.

 

By Peter Roche

 

Full story: Phuket GO 2023-12-20

 

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A temporary net around the nest. Yep. That'll do it.

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

a temporary net has been placed around the nest – a standard procedure these days to protect turtle nests from wildlife or human activities.

 

Good news , but a temporary net will not protect the nest from human activities  = poaching .