Green sea turtles set an all-time nesting record during the 2015 Florida nesting season, which ended Oct. 31.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission reported about 28,000 green sea turtle nests counted on 26 index beaches statewide during this year’s nesting season.
That’s up from the previous record of 25,553 green turtle nests recorded at the index beaches in 2013.
Green sea turtles tend to follow a two-year nesting cycle with wide year-to-year fluctuations.
The record number of nests this year suggests that strong nesting numbers for green turtles in 2013 are part of a trend.
“It looks like years of conservation for this endangered species are paying off,” said Simona Ceriani, an FWC research scientist.
— Willie Howard
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