There has only ever been three confirmed sightings of loggerhead sea turtles in B.C.
Scientists have not had any other reported sightings of sea turtles after two were spotted off Vancouver Island in recent months. Back on Feb. 4, a wayward loggerhead sea turtle was found near Pedder Bay. The turtle was rescued and brought to the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society to be cared for.
Spaven has been tracking sightings in B.C. for many years and says there are now just over 100 sea turtle sightings in the last 20 years. The North Pacific loggerhead turtle, listed as an endangered species in the U.S., originates from nesting sites in Japan and roams the ocean in currents, occasionally foraging closer to land along the U.S. coast from Oregon down to Mexico. Males never return to land after hatching and females only go to a beach at their nesting sites in Japan to lay eggs.
“Any sea turtle sighting in B.C. is important to me,” she says. “We are trying to figure out just how frequently they are here.” “We are tasked with figuring out what their critical habitat may be in B.C. and how we can protect that to help recover their populations,” she says.
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