3. THE OLIVE RIDLEY

4. OLIVE RIDLEY MATING

6. THE ‘ARRIBADA’ One of the great wonders of the natural world: Thousands of adult female olive ridleys come together to nest on a stretch of beach – this phenomenon is known as ‘Arribada’

7. OLIVE RIDLEY NESTING

9. BABY OLIVE RIDLEYS The hatchlings must find their way to the ocean before dawn to increase their chances of survival

10. Brightness is an important cue for olive ridley hatchlings as they attempt to orient towards the ocean.

11. NESTING SITES IN ORISSA, INDIA: GAHIRMATHA DEVI RUSHIKULYA Source: Tracking Turtles Through Time and Space - Kartik Shankar in Resonance, June 2002

13. CLOSE CALL Port situated 15 kms north of Gahirmatha

15. DREDGING IMPACTS ON TURTLES A dredger can entrain turtles only when turtles resting on the sea-bed come in the path of the drag-head

16. The port is constructing a 18 kilometers long navigational channel, further north, with a draught of 18 meters This will involve dredging of 60 million cubic meters of material, including 5 million cubic meters of sand DREDGING AT DHAMRA

17. Drag-arm with drag-head

18. Hopper Inflow pipes Drag-head

19. DREDGING MITIGATION TURTLE DEFLECTOR

20. DREDGING MITIGATION TURTLE DEFLECTOR

21. DREDGING MITIGATION INFLOW AND OVERFLOW SCREENS

22. DREDGING MITIGATION TURTLE OBSERVER PROGRAMME: TRAINING

23. DREDGING MITIGATION TURTLE OBSERVER PROGRAMME: CHECKING PIPES

24. DREDGING MITIGATION TURTLE OBSERVER PROGRAMME: CHECKING PIPES

25. DREDGING MITIGATION TURTLE OBSERVER PROGRAMME: FILLING DATA FORMS

26. RELOCATION TRAWLING PERMITS BY STATE GOVERNMENT WORK IN PROGRESS

27. LIGHTING IMPACTS ON TURTLES Artificial lighting can adversely affect hatchling sea-finding behaviour in two ways: disorientation or misorientation

33. This is a common sight along the Orissa coast:- turtle carcasses floating on the water or stranded on beaches

34. More than 10,000 turtles die every year along the Orissa coast A majority are unfortunate victims of fishing activity

35. CONSERVATION INITIATIVES AWARENESS AMONG FISHERMEN Initial dialogue to allay apprehensions of loss in fish catch due to Turtle Excluder Devices. Demonstrations of TED to follow.

36. CONSERVATION INITIATIVES AWARENESS AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS On-going awareness programme in high schools More than 9000 students interacted with Inter-school essay writing competition on turtles

43. DHAMRA – THE ROAD AHEAD……