SWOT Report, Vol. XVI

Featuring a global map of olive ridley sea turtle nesting and at-sea tracking data, a collaborative article on the status of olive ridley sea turtles around the world, and stories from behind the lens of National Geographic photographer, Thomas Peschak, and more.

INTRODUCTORY PAGES

• Editor’s Note: Capturing Moments | by Roderic Mast

• Meet the Turtles (PDF)

• Masthead and Table of Contents (PDF)

RESEARCH AND STATUS

• Addressing Bycatch in a Global Leatherback Hotspot (PDF) | By Ganesh Thannoo, Kyle Mitchell, and Scott Eckert

• Menace or Hype: What’s Next in Understanding Ocean Plastic Pollution? (PDF)| By Jesse Senko, Sarah Nelms, Janie Reavis, Blair Witherington, Brendan Godley, and Bryan Wallace

• Managing the World’s Largest Green Turtle Rookery (PDF) | By Owen Coffee, Katharine Robertson, Mark Read, Andrew Dunstan, Scott Smithers, David Booth, Mark Hamann, Colin J. Limpus, Tina Alderson, the Wuthathi People, and the Meriam Nation People

• What Makes a Sea Turtle? (PDF)| By Blair P. Bentley, Peter H. Dutton and Lisa M. Komoroske

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Sea Turtle Stories from Behind the Lens of Thomas Peschak (PDF) | By Thomas Peschak

• Olive Ridleys: The Quirky Turtles that Conquered the World (PDF) | By Kartik Shanker, Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Vanessa Bezy, Raquel Briseño, Liliana Colman, Alexandre Girard, Marc Girondot, Michael Jensen, Muralidharan Manoharakrishnan, Juan M. Rguez-Baron, Roldán A. Valverde, and Lindsey West

  • Feature Map: Global Biogeography of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles

  • Feature Map: Status of Olive Ridley Arribada Populations

POLICY AND ECONOMICS

• Trade in Hawksbill Shell Still Active Globally (PDF) | By Brad Nahill

• African Conservation Networks Pursue a Shared Agenda (PDF) | By Alexandre Girard and Roderic Mast

OUTREACH AND ACTION

• Global Connections for the Medical Treatment of Sea Turtles (PDF) | By Maximilian Polyak, Claire Petros, Alessandro Ponzo, Alex McGhee, and Fabienne McLellen

• Sea Turtles and COVID-19 (PDF) | By David Godfrey, Neca Marcovaldi, Joca Thome, Didiher Chacón, Aliki Panagopoulou, Muralidharan Manoharakrishnan, Kartik Shanker, Claire Petros, Jillian Hudgins, Jamie Dichaves, Wayne Sentman, Christina Ullrich, and Roderic Mast

• FAQs About Sea Turtles (PDF)

  • What Does Climate Change Mean for Sea Turtles? | By Jeanette Wyneken

  • Why Do Sea Turtles Bask? | By George Balazs and Roderic B. Mast

  • How Do Sea Turtles Navigate in the Ocean? | By Catherine M. F. Lohmann and Kenneth J. Lohmann

THE SWOT TEAM

• Acting Globally: SWOT Small Grants 2020 (PDF)

• SWOT Data Citations (PDF)

• In Memoriam (PDF)

• Authors and Affiliations (PDF)

• Acknowledgments (PDF)