A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now.
When, while the lovely valley teems with vapors around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray gleams steal into the inner sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to the earth, a thousand unknown plants are noticed.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
LOVE WHAT YOU DO. DO WHAT YOU LOVE
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About Us
Origin
The main motto of this project is to study the impact of existing and spotting the new non-reported sea turtle nesting grounds along the mainland of south Tamil Nadu.
Practical Utility
Create and strengthened the database for fisheries and forest dept. officials for decision making.
Status of conservation, protection and managerial measures taken for the sea turtle conservation could be addressed .
Update of information pertaining to the sea turtle conservation could be made possible at all times.
Fresh & Quality Food
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Friendly Staff
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Professional Service
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Flexible Catering Menu
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Healthy Food Menu
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Affordable Pricing
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Literature
Sea turtles regarded as air-breathing reptiles, charismatic, large fascinating oviparous, flagship species for the diverse habitats they occupy; inhabit tropical and subtropical seas (Bhupathy, 2007); represents wide variety of media by numerous cultures around the world from early Eocene to the Pleistocene between 60 and 10 million years ago (Pritchard, 1983). There are two families Cheloniidae (6) and Dermochelyidae (1); as a top predator, turtles play a vital role in balancing the ecological health and economic wealth of the marine ecosystem. Out of seven species, five turtles occur along the Gulf of Mannar and Palk bay coast viz.,, Chelonia mydas - Green turtle (Paer Aamai/ Patchai Aamai/ Patchaamai), Eretmochelys imbricata - Hawksbill turtle (KiliMooku Aamai/ Azhungaamai), Dermochelys coriacea - Leatherback Turtle (Ezhuvari Aamai/ Thoazhammai) Caretta caretta - Loggerhead turtle (Perunthalai Aamai), Lepidochelys olivacea - Olive ridely Turtle (Citraamai/ Cinna Aamai) and except Loggerhead turtle all other four turtles are found to boast their nesting along this near shore area. Migratory turtles are relatively high in Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay for spawning, still, the large proportions are unreported and unnoticed. Numerous threats are listed like, fishing (hunting of adults, egg poaching / harvest); developmental activities (artificial illumination, channel or shipping lane dredging/maintenance, beachfront development, coastal armoring, beach nourishment, tourism, plastic pollution, coastal forestation); natural hazards (storms, cyclones, climate change, global warming, diseases & predation pressure from wild animals); threatens the animal from survival.
Under Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act (Tamil Nadu Act: 8 of 1983), all kind of fishing activities are strictly prohibited in the radius of 5 Nautical miles for a period of four months from January to April of every year, where sites are identified as potential nesting breeding sites for turtles. From the observations, trawling in the nearshore region which increases heavy traffic might be one of the major hurdles for the migratory turtles along this region and also other reasons are senility and sickness. For turtle resource enhancement, Forest department is engaged in collecting the turtle eggs, incubate for seven weeks and then releasing the hatched out turtles to the sea. Also towards conservation, though many activities and programmes are conducted by NGOs and Forest department, it's effective only in the onshore, but in the offshore challenges need to be accomplished for effective management and conservation.
The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) had studied aspects of marine turtle biology and fishery related mortality. Saravanan et al. (2013) conducted a survey covering 205 km of coastline spreading over 8 districts of Tamil Nadu and about 530 km of coastline was identified to be suitable for Olive Ridley nesting. Along the Indian coast, around 159 nesting sites were identified, among which 23 were identified in Tamil Nadu coast (AHDFD, 2015; TN-GO:186, 2015) through beach survey (WWF, 2013). Sudhan et al. (2020) reported Five non reported new nesting grounds of Olive ridley turtles were recognized by beach surveying along the coast of southern Tamil Nadu covering 201.75 km. The survey indicated that the study areas have apposite beaches for turtle nesting however; the nesting incidences were declined due to predation and habitat alterations.