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volunteer covers nests of Kemp�s ridley sea turtles, Lepidochelys kempii, with mesh to keep out flies that lay eggs in nests ; wire cages keep out larger predators, Rancho Nuevo, Mexico

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Dr . Scott Eckert ( left ) and Mexican biologist Laura Sarti ( right ) attach a satellite transmitter to a nesting leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, Mexiquillo, Mexico, Pacific Ocean

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Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Prof . Jon Lien releasing a humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, trapped in a fishing net, off the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada, Atlantic Ocean

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totoaba or totuava, Cynoscion macdonaldi or Totoaba macdonaldi, ( endangered ) captive breeding program, University of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean

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biologists observing totoaba or totuava, Cynoscion macdonaldi or Totoaba macdonaldi ( endangered ), University of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean

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three different species of baby sea turtles, leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea, green, Chelonia mydas, loggerhead, Caretta caretta, Juno Beach Marine Life Center, Florida

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Juno Beach Marine Life Center helps injured turtles safely return to the ocean . They also raise the public's awareness by giving tours and organizing beach walks, Florida

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Australian flatback sea turtle, Natator depressus, laying eggs . Note electronic data logger ( time/depth recorder ) attached to rear of carapace . Queensland, Australia

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biologist uses microwave scanner to read P.I.T . tag ( rice-grain-sized internal tag that emits i.d . # when scanned ) on Kemp�s ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, Rancho Nuevo, Mexico

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volunteers weigh a female leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, that came ashore to lay eggs ; this one weighed 550 kg ( 1200 lbs ), close to the maximum for the species, Mexico, Pacific Ocean

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volunteers weigh a female leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, that came ashore to lay eggs ; this one weighed 550 kg ( 1200 lbs ), close to the maximum for the species, Mexico, Pacific Ocean

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Visitors to the Marinelife Center of Juno Beach watch a male loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, recuperating in a tank after being bitten by a large shark .

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Visitors to the Marinelife Center of Juno Beach watch a male loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, recuperating in a tank after being bitten by a large shark .

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Jean Beasley runs the Karen Beasley Rehabilitation Center and at any given time of the year might be caring for over 20 turtles that are sick and/or injured . Her efforts in sea turtle conservation earned her the 2007 Animal Planet Hero of the Year Award . Pictured here with a Kemp Ridley sea turtle . Lepidochelys kempii . Karen Beasley Rehabilitation Center, Topsail Island, North Carolina, USA . ( MR )

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Tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, resting in front of the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap built by ancient Hawaiian, note - inscribed and painted number and the epoxied sonic transmitter on its carapace (tutle shell), U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Park visitors, photographing tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, in front of the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap built by ancient Hawaiian, note - inscribed and painted number and the sonic transmitter epoxied on its carapace (tutle shell), U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, resting in front of the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap built by ancient Hawaiian, note - inscribed and painted number and the sonic transmitter epoxied on its carapace (tutle shell), U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, resting at the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap built by ancient Hawaiian, U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Tagged and released Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, resting at the piles of lava rocks of `Ai`Opio Fish Trap made by ancient Hawaiian, U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, released after it was examined extensively, and then, a microchip transmitter was inserted into one of its flippers, a sonic transmitter was epoxied, and a number was inscribed and painted on its carapace (turtle shell), U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) releasing Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, after the extensive examination and tagging & marking process for the U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, set aside to be released after extensive examination, tagging and marking process for U.S . Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice, his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) and a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice, his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) and a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), inscribing and painting a number on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Park Ranger and bystandards, observing a student from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) tracing an inscribed number with white house paint, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, tracing the number with white house paint after inscribed with an electric drill on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, inscribing a number with an electric drill on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, inscribing a number with an electric drill on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, inscribing a number with an electric drill on the carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Marine Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Microchip loaded needle and its applicator, used at Marine Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), inserting a microchip transmitter into a flipper of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), helping Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, educating public bystandards entertainingly on Sea Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), examining a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, for its over all health, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), examining a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, for its over all health, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), examining a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, for its over all health, Sea Turtle Research, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, opening the mouth of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, to find out the most recent food source, Sea Turtle Research, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, measuring carapace (turtle shell) of a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Researcher George Balazs PhD, showing Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) how to properly handle a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by George Balazs, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), scanning for an existing microchip embedded in the flipper of Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Sea Turtle Research station, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), weighing a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), capturing a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, to be examined at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice and his students from Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), capturing a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, to be examined at Sea Turtle Research station, organized by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Teacher Marc Rice of Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), capturing a Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, to be examined at Sea Turtle Research station, set up by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), HPA students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Sea Turtle Research station, set up by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Sea Turtle Research station, set up by researcher George Balazs, PhD, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) students and teachers (NOAA/HPA Marine Turtle Program), and ReefTeach volunteers at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean .

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Dead green sea turtle hatchling, chelonia mydas, Dominica, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Atlantic Ocean

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Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ) nest surveys, Florida, Atlantic Ocean

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Endangered Amazon manatees, Trichechus inunguis, waiting for fresh water in a holding tank, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil ( c )

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Turtle researchers from the NGO Pro Caguama study and capture the critically endangered Olive Ridley Turtle ( Lepidochelys olivaceaf ) from the town of Puerto Lopez Mateos . Many of these turtles wash up dead as by-catch in the gill-net and long-line fisheries along the Pacific Coast beaches of Isla Magdalena . The group is trying to educate fisherman to the devistation this is causing in the Olive Ridley population in the North Pacific Ocean .

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Turtle researchers from the NGO Pro Caguama study and capture the critically endangered Olive Ridley Turtle ( Lepidochelys olivaceaf ) from the town of Puerto Lopez Mateos . Many of these turtles wash up dead as by-catch in the gill-net and long-line fisheries along the Pacific Coast beaches of Isla Magdalena . The group is trying to educate fisherman to the devistation this is causing in the Olive Ridley population in the North Pacific Ocean .