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The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second-smallest [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world.
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.
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.
Injured by a boat strike near Edisto Beach seven years ago, a rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was rescued and nursed back to health by experts at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston.
In 2011, the Kemp's ridley sea turtle was on track to lose the "endangered" label by 2024. But population growth has stalled.
Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) VU; Family Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle) Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) VU (East Pacific Ocean subpopulation - i.e. Hawaiian Is.: CR, West Pacific Ocean subpopulation: CR, Northwest Atlantic Ocean subpopulation: EN; Family Trionychidae (softshells)
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 the 2021 nesting season, Sea Turtle, Inc. protected 91 sea turtle nests and released 5,415 hatchlings. [14] Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting
The focus of this program is protecting the habitat of the critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle through the enforcement of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) in shrimp nets and the development of a Kemp's ridley marine reserve that is off limits to commercial fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2008 a record-breaking season occurred with ...