nesting beach

It is the one of world's most important nesting beach for turtles.

Both factors make observation and recording much more difficult than at a nesting beach.

"One big problem is residential and commercial development of its nesting beaches.

There is no other project in the world that covers 600 miles of nesting beaches."

Pets should not be allowed to roam on nesting beaches.

The last four are considered species at risk, probably because nesting beaches have been degraded by human settlement.

Nesting beaches also have shallower approach angles from the sea.

The slower pace of construction has meant that their traditional nesting beaches have been left alone.

What will happen as sea levels rise, covering the nesting beaches turtles have used for hundreds of years?

The south coast has nesting beaches for loggerhead and green turtles.

Green turtles seem to have a high affinity for particular nesting beaches and not just any beach will do.

Also, real estate development often causes habitat loss by eliminating nesting beaches.

Every little hotel on a nesting beach makes sure to mention turtles on its Web site.

Conservation proposals for the Patara nesting beach were adopted at the meeting.

The experiments were conducted at nesting beaches in the Japanese archipelago from 1989 through 1996.

Courtship and mating take place in shallow waters near the nesting beach.

Turtle-based ecotourism activities take place on nesting beaches around the world.

But those suing the county say all nesting beaches are crucial to preservation of a threatened species.

The overall contribution and importance of these nesting beaches to the population may be underestimated by the scientific community.

The threats to their coastal habitats includes development and recreational use of nesting beaches.

The majority of leatherback scientists study leatherbacks on the nesting beaches.

Leatherbacks utilize nesting beaches and waters that are shared by many nations.

A major trail, which once went through a popular nesting beach, was removed so that females can nest undisturbed.

The nesting beaches were also subject to severe overharvest of eggs (often approaching 100%) since the 1940s.

Since September 1999 dune vegetation behind the nesting beach was set on fire (arson) nine times.