https://doi.org/10.82144/73046583 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1459 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/3194bb5f-1cfd-43a7-b9e0-180f224b634b https://obis.org/dataset/72406526-bc8d-4a71-92a6-289795e0fc9c Michael Coyne seaturtle.org Primary contact mcoyne@seaturtle.org http://www.seaturtle.org/ OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Michael Coyne seaturtle.org Primary contact mcoyne@seaturtle.org http://www.seaturtle.org/ owner Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool seaturtle.org mcoyne@seaturtle.org http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/ originator 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: SEATURTLE.ORG Dataset credits: Data provider SEATURTLE.ORG Animal Tracking Program Originating data center <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a> Project partner This project is a partnership between SEATURTLE.ORG, Florida Gulf Coast University, the Hlamhi Association for Turtle Conservation and Hope (HATCH), the University of Ghana and the Ghana Wildlife Division, Forestry Commission. Project sponsor or sponsor description This project is sponsored in part by the Disney Worldwide Conservations Fund, SEATURTLE.ORG and the Hlamhi Association for Turtle Conservation and Hope (HATCH). Abstract: Historical records indicate that green, olive ridley, hawksbill, and loggerhead sea turtles once utilized Ghana’s coastal waters as foraging grounds. Records also indicate leatherback, green, olive ridley, hawksbill, and loggerhead also utilized Ghana’s shore as nesting habitat. There has not been a confirmed loggerhead or hawksbill nest in Ghana for 25 years indicating these two species have most likely been extirpated from the region. Currently, the leatherback, olive ridley, and green sea turtles are the only remaining species nesting in Ghana. Sea turtles in this region are exposed to a maze of fishing vessels and nets that must be carefully avoided to reach the nesting beach. Each year large sea turtle stranding events are documented during time periods of off-shore and near-shore fishing. Illegal commercial fishing activity occurs regularly in shallow off-shore waters, whereas commercial and subsidence fishing take place near-shore and off the beach. Understanding the temporal and spatial movement patterns of olive ridleys would provide information on the interaction of sea turtles and fisheries in Ghana's waters.<br><br>With funding from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, we are gathering knowledge and creating educational programs necessary to implementing a conservation program that is socially and economically self-sustaining over the long term. The proposed research will answer key questions about the ecology of olive ridley sea turtles that will allow limited existing resources to be used most effectively into the future, and will incorporate educational programs to reverse the social perception of sea turtles so that their preservation is part of the cultural norm. Marine Biology Telemetry Tagged animal N/A <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=468' target='_new'>Visit STAT's project page</a> for additional information. The access to this work requires permission. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1459 Oceans 0.196 3.626 6.021 -0.945 2009-12-23 2010-01-23 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Lepidochelys olivacea Olive ridley asNeeded Michael Coyne seaturtle.org Primary contact mcoyne@seaturtle.org http://www.seaturtle.org/ NA NA NA Michael Coyne owner NA zd_1459 2025-07-31T16:47:44-04:00 dataset Coyne M. 2024. Ghana Olive Ridley Project. 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=468). https://doi.org/10.82144/73046583. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1459 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1459/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1459/eml STAT Project Page UTF-8 Original web site http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=468 OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1459 zd_1459 Coyne, M. S., and B. J. Godley. 2005. Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): an integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Marine Ecology Progress Series: Vol. 301: 1-7.