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Olive Ridley Turtles death
January 23 , 2025
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- Numerous dead olive ridley turtles have been washed ashore in Tamil Nadu, particularly in Chennai.
- Olive ridley turtles arrive near the Tamil Nadu coast around September-October to breed.
- Their nesting season begins in late November and ends in March.
- The Tamil Nadu Marine Fisheries Regulation Act, 1983, prohibits the fishing by mechanised vessels within five nautical miles of identified nesting and breeding sites during the nesting season.
- Olive ridley turtles lay eggs across several coastal states on India’s east coast and west coast.
- However, mass nesting takes place in Odisha, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
- Odisha’s Gahirmatha and Rushikulya beaches witness the arrival of lakhs of female olive ridley turtles every year.
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