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Sea Turtle Hotline |
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Project operates a 24-hour "Turtle Hotline". Coastal
property residents and staff, beach-goers and visitors
are encouraged to report any sea turtle nesting or
hatching activity to the BSTP. BSTP staff members are
out patrolling the beaches on a nightly basis. However,
we cannot possibly cover the entire island, nor can we
be everywhere at the same time. Therefore, public calls
are greatly appreciated and are valuable aids in
conservation and research efforts. We cannot succeed
without your help.
The BSTP would like to know about all types of turtle
related activities which can include: turtles on the
beach nesting, turtle tracks or a nest on the beach
(even if the turtle is no longer present), turtles
wandering off the beach onto roads or into properties,
disorientated hatchlings, hatchling tracks, exposed eggs
in the sand, injured or dead turtles, poachings.
Turtle Hotline Phone Number: 230-0142
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Educational
Outreach Programme |
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The Barbados Sea Turtle Project informs the public about sea
turtle biology, conservation efforts, and research
programmes. Several methods are used to promote this type
of education.
 
While school is in session, the BSTP
makes presentations to students throughout the island. We
also speak to numerous camps during the summer vacation.
Hotel and clubs request presentations to
locals and tourists interested in the environment.
Hatchling releases are staged when rescue
attempts have been made to collect disorientated hatchlings
that have crawled their way into hotels, restaurants, beach
front villas, or across a road.
Newspaper articles, local and
international television, and radio programmes are used to
widely spread information about sea turtle issues in
Barbados and the other Caribbean territories.
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Hatchling Release Programme |
The BSTP would like to invite you
to sign up for a hatchling release. The hatching season runs
from mid-July through to mid-October only, where they will
usually hatch between 6pm and 6am.
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The BSTP tries to keep turtle events as natural as
possible. Therefore, if hatchlings are making their way
safely to the sea, the BSTP will NOT interfere and will
allow the hatchlings to proceed naturally. However, if
hatchlings travel inland due to disorientation by
lights, a rescue effort is made to gather them up and to
release them on a darker section of the beach where they
can walk themselves into the sea |
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The BSTP does not maintain a hatchery, nor do we raise turtles
in captivity. Therefore it is ONLY in cases of disorientation
that the BSTP will be able to organize a hatchling release.
There are no guarantees, especially when dealing with nature. If
you are interested, please fill in the form below and we will
contact you:
*if you are local, there is no need to enter
arrival or departure date.
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