Koh Huyong, Similan National Park Sea turtle conservation area Statistics reveal that turtles lay more than 10,000 eggs per year.

“Koh Hu Yong” or an island in the Similan Islands National Park. It is the location of the sea turtle conservation project under the royal initiative of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. The Queen Mother of the Queen Mother and the project to conserve coral reefs and marine life in Thailand under the initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya

12 April 2024 – The Navy has created a project. Conservation of sea turtles on the Andaman coast by granting the 3rd Naval Region to establish a sea turtle conservation center in 1995, which designated two sea turtle nursery points. The first area is for conservation because turtle eggs are hatched in the area of ​​Island 1 or Koh Huyong, Mu Koh National Park. Similan The second area is a sea turtle conservation area. Around the Sea Turtle Conservation Center Phang Nga Naval Base

Staff at the Sea Turtle Conservation Center at Phang Nga Naval Base Naval Region 3 at Huyong Island said, “Operations throughout the year at Huyong Island are 4 crews per batch, 15 days per batch, alternating throughout the year. Because mother turtles will lay eggs all year long.

According to data, in 2023 officials collected a total of 164 turtle egg nests and over 11,000 baby turtles hatched, which is a good trend. In turtle conservation, one mother turtle will be paired and the arrival period takes approximately 1 month or more. To reproduce and lay eggs, one mother turtle lays 100 to 150 eggs at a time, totaling approximately 1,000 eggs.

The nest survival rate is approximately 70%. It takes about 2 months for baby turtles to hatch. 1,000 dice will be divided into 500 released into the wild, another 500 taken back to Phang Nga Naval Base and divided among others. Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center of the Upper Andaman Sea (Phuket) went to do research. According to information, a mother turtle came up to lay eggs. It was about 15 years old and up.

will come up to mother Maybe there’s a new mother? The old mother takes turns coming up to lay eggs and uses the chip scanner. To remember Mother Tao’s assumptions If you are a new mother Chips that cannot be found by the scan will have a new chip implanted. If found, record the history of the information. In the information section will be kept as complete as possible There is the name of the mother turtle, body size, length and width, tags, and what date it is. Detailed information History of the turtle Report to Phang Nga Naval Base. Naval Region 3 and the National Parks Department, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources

Currently, there are about 300 of them laying eggs. There are turtles that go up and down throughout the year, including green turtles. And if they all come up and build nests, they are nursed in the pond. When the 16th day of the month arrives, the group that returns must be brought back with them. For example, in the part that rose from the hole that night, 100 of them. 50 were released into the sea, another 50 were raised and when a ship came to change personnel, the dice were taken back to nursery at Phang Nga Naval Base. When the baby turtles are about 3-6 months old, they will be released according to the unit’s important work.

The worst enemy for turtles is the wind crab. If you don’t collect them and hatch them in egg holes, if you leave them naturally at night, the wind crabs will be active and the dice will rise right out of the holes. The air crab will pinch the neck and paddle of the dice, so the turtle nursery in the turtle pond must be carefully monitored.

This year there were 16 nests from January until April 2024. If there are really a lot of them coming, they will come during the monsoon season and will lay eggs from May to October. During that period, it will occur most frequently, almost every night, with officials patrolling the area daily, mainly following the water table.”

This is from the conservation of sea turtle species. In the past, many sea turtles came to lay eggs and survived to return to the sea. It is an indication that in the sea there is marine natural resources and Rich food source ecosystem