Find out what Charlotte got up to as a volunteer at the Marine Turtle Rescue Centre. Despite arriving in the Maldives during the wet Monsoon season, which normally is a low season for turtles being trapped in ghost nets, Charlotte was a very busy volunteer. She assisted in the successful releases of three rehabilitated turtles and cared for two new … Read More
Meet Prakriti – the Marine Turtle Rescue Centre’s first volunteer. Prakriti first visited Coco Palm Dhuni Kohlu as a guest with her father earlier this year. She spent every available moment at the ORP Marine Turtle Rescue Centre and formed a strong bond with Beyonce, one of our first turtle patients. She jumped at the chance return as a volunteer. … Read More
Did you miss the live Q&A with our turtle vet Dr. Claire Petros? And the turtle feeding too? Watch the video filmed on May 4th 2017 at the ORP Marine Turtle Rescue Centre below. Claire will take you on a tour of the Marine Turtle Rescue Centre at Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu in Maldives and introduce you to the current … Read More
Check out Issue 3 of our newsletter News From the Field. [gview file=”https://oliveridleyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ORP-News_March-2017_3.pdf”]
We are excited to welcome Rock and Roll legend Matt Sorum as an ambassador to ORP. Matt Sorum joins the ORP team as an ambassador to help spread the message on sea turtle conservation. We caught up with Matt and this is what he had to say: “The issue of ghost nets and debris in our oceans is staggering. When … Read More
Recognising ghost gear as a serious threat to sea turtles, ORP have been key members of the Global Ghost Gear Initiave (GGGI) since its inception in September 2015. The third annual meeting of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative took place in Miami back in October 2016 with participation from the fishing industry, research and funding institutions, government agencies and … Read More
Shameel and community outreach officer Kaia represented ORP at the Katti Hihvaru Festival (KHF). ORP took part in this festival to create awareness among the youth on the growing problem of ghost nets found in the Maldives. Throughout the festival, ORP were approached by people from all ages wanting to know more about what we were doing in the … Read More
Thanks to the Body Shop Foundation we are excited to welcome Ibrahim Shameel to the Olive Ridley Project team. Shameel is from the Maldivian capital, Male. Despite the city-boy tag this automatically gives him, he is happiest in the water. After deciding on a change of course from an office job in human resources to marine research and conservation … Read More
As part of his PhD at the University of Derby, our founder and CEO, Martin Stelfox, has been exploring different techniques to age drifting ghost nets found in the Maldives. It is not currently known how long nets drift before being stranded or found. If an answer to this question can finally be found, we may be just one … Read More
ORP’s Pakistan project has taken positive strides thanks to the local fishing community at Rehmangoth in the Province of Sindh, Pakistan. With a population of around 2000 people and 300 fishing boats, the community of Rehmangoth is our pilot-project site, as we develop ways to minimise fishing gear and reuse the gear already there. Our field supervisor, Asif Baloch, … Read More
