Green Turtles in China

Endangered green turtles are pictured in a holding net as a turtle poacher looks on at a fish farm outside Sanya in Hainan Island.

Unique identifier: GP0229Q

Type: Image

Shoot date: 28/04/2010

Locations: Asia, China, Hainan

Credit line: © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace

Size: 5616px × 3744px 14MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Turtle Poaching in China

According to Sea Turtles 911, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of sea turtles, there are over 2000 sea turtles in the holding pens in China. Statistics show that 80 per-cent are green, 15 per-cent hawksbill and 5 per-cent olive ridley. The creatures are caught mainly in gill nets in the South China Sea and eggs and hatchling are poached from the Spratly Islands. Turtle poaching in Asia is growing as the demand for meat and shell products increases.

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