Sea Turtle Satellite Tagging | GPS Tracker ||Join us explore the wild side of Dubai.

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I am a Filipino Biologist residing in Dubai. Join me as we explore the wild side of this great country. All videos here are wild life related.

We are tagging a sea turtle before releasing it back to the ocean. The information collected from the tags helps us to design better management strategies for their conservation, such as creating marine protected areas for important feeding areas or addressing threats to nesting beaches. Knowledge of marine turtle migration pathways is also important to reduce interaction with fisheries, when turtles too often become victims of bycatch.

Satellite tracking involves attaching a special piece of equipment to a marine turtle's shell. The transmitter, or ‘tag,’ sends a message to a satellite each time the turtle comes to the surface to breathe. We then know the location of the turtle and plot it onto a map.

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