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Kemp's ridley nests found on the Texas coast 1985-2013 Kemp's ridley hatchlings. Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. 2017. In September 2007, Corpus Christi, Texas, wildlife officials found a record of 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests on Texas beaches, including 81 on North Padre Island (Padre Island National Seashore) and four on Mustang Island.
A Kemp's ridley hatchling, an endangered species of sea turtle, reaches the surf at Padre Island National Seashore during a public release on June 28, 2024, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Kemp’s ridley turtles, first discovered in the 1880s, are the smallest sea turtles, the DNR says. They typically weigh about 100 pounds. They typically weigh about 100 pounds.
Aside from serving as a tourist destination and education center, Sea Turtle, Inc. aids in conservation efforts and conducts research that has been published in peer-reviewed journals. [12] The organization cooperates with others across Texas every year to protect sea turtle nests, most of which belong to the Kemp's ridley. [13]
In 2011, the Kemp's ridley sea turtle was on track to lose the "endangered" label by 2024. But population growth has stalled.
The Kemp's ridley sea turtles were on the brink of extinction in the 1960s with low numbers of 200 nesting individuals. Due to strict laws that protected their nesting sites in Mexico and altered fishing gear to avoid accidental capture of the Kemp's ridley, their numbers have increased to estimated an 7000–9000 nesting individuals today. The ...
Kemp's ridley sea turtles are an endangered species that live and nest in the Gulf of Mexico. National Park Service/WikimediaCommons“Help! I’m fishing and just caught a huge sea turtle. She ...
GSML has twice been involved in rescuing many cold-stunned sea turtles first in 2010 and then again in 2018. [39] In May 2020, fishermen brought in a large female critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle caught in their net. Facebook followers were polled and she was named Myrtle.