@The Japan Times: Japan is the only area in the North Pacific where loggerhead turtles lay their e…

Japan is the only area in the North Pacific where loggerhead turtles lay their eggs and about half come ashore to do so on Yakushima. Some 90 percent choose Nagata Inaka Beach on the northwest of the island, where representatives of Yakushima Umigame Kan (a nonprofit organization monitoring and researching the turtles’ ecology), the Nagata Sea Turtle Liaison Council and the Nagata Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Association are working to boost the rates of egg laying and successful hatching. (Kathryn Wortley photo)
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