Recent rains have been favourable for the arrival of golf turtles on local beaches where up to 15 nests per day are being laid by the protected species.
In July, aquarium personnel saved 190 nests each containing 90 to 100 eggs, said José Barron Hernández, coordinator of the municipal marine turtle protection program.
He explained most of the eggs are laid in the evening after 7pm and those arriving to nest are young turtles between 15 and 30 years old, most probably having hatched in Mazatlán before heading out to sea to mature.
With the participation of hotel and restaurant personnel, he said, they have been able to rescue nests in time before predators, both natural and human, destroy or collect the eggs.
Barron Hernández asked anyone encountering a nest to not touch the eggs or turtle and call the aquarium at 981-7815.
(from Noroeste)
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