What is the Sea Turtle Association
of Japan?
| Sea turtles freely come and go across
the oceans. The people who care
about turtles are scattered throughout the
world. To help protect sea
turtles, exchange of information and mutual
understanding is essential. |
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| The Sea Turtle Association of Japan was
founded in 1990. Since then,
every fall, we've held a Japan Sea Turtle
Symposium. Our most important
activities are counting nesting turtles, and
marking them to enable discrimination, using consistent methods throughout
Japan. |
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| We work to facilitate relations between
people involved with turtles throughout Japan, and provide systematic support for their
activities.In this way, we hope to help
sea turtles by gaining a more detailed and broader understanding of their
current situation, and by proposing
specific means of preserving their ocean
environment. |
| In fact, we are an organization of
people connected with sea turtles
from all over Japan,
including: |
Those who simply have an interest in sea turtles,
Those who look after sea turtles in aquariums,
Those who survey nesting turtles in their spare
time,
Those who study and research sea turtles at
universities and colleges...,
and many
others.
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We vary greatly in our situations,
occupations, ages, and even opinions! Using this diversity, we hope to
consolidate a network encompassing all parts of
Japan, and to facilitate information
provision and
action. |
Our publications (in Japanese)
include:
Are Sea Turtles Declining?
Their Protection and Future
Sea Turtle Nesting Grounds in
Japan
Current Status of Japanese
Loggerhead Turtle
Nesting and Beach Environment(2002
published)
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We publish these not for profit, but
to help people learn about sea turtles, the
environment, and our activities. All proceeds from the sale of our publications are
used to fund surveys into sea turtles and their environment. |
Our "Sea Turtle Newsletter" (in Japanese),
containing turtle info and survey results, is also available on request.
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