While publications on sea turtle ecology, health and genetics are expanding, few on-the-ground projects are addressing the main threats to turtle survival. We work to fill this void by expanding our understanding of human-caused threats to sea turtles and methods to amelliorate those threats. We expand knowledge through on the ground research and monitoring, as well as facilitating collaboration in knowledge building through partner research.

Of over 1,100 loggerheads that have been hand-captured or recovered stranded by the ProCaguama team along the BCS coast since 1999, "Zapata"  is the first known sub-adult male. Zapata was released by ProCaguama on September 2nd, 2005 off Puerto Adolfo López Mateos, BCS Mexico. While we hoped that Zapata would prove to be the first wild caught turtle to swim all the way back to Japan from the waters of Baja California, his transmitter signal vanished on December 2005. Click here  to take a look to Zapata's trip!

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