“Re. the Caribbean Conservation Corporation Everybody in the organization has subscribed to the original concept that its most important attributes are a single-minded resistance to any distraction from the central aim of keeping watch over the Tortuguero nesting colony and a determination to make it the most thoroughly studied sea turtle population in the world.” WorldImportantWatchesSeaConceptsDeterminationOrganizationOriginalsAimPopulationResistanceCorporationsDistractionAttributesConservationMarineColonyCaribbeanTurtlesSea Turtle Author:Archie Carr
“I am asking you all not to be nettled with me for not answering your letter in spanish I read spanish very well but I don't write it. The image of Stanley Dixon sitting and pondering is one of the rewards of sea turtle research, and a thing I shall often sit and ponder.” WritingWellsSeaResearchSittingLettersAskingRewardsMarinePonderingTurtlesStanleySea Turtle Book:So Excellent a Fishe: A Natural History of Sea Turtles Source: So Excellent a Fishe: A Natural History of Sea Turtles
“Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.” HomeSeaReturnWestExpectedCaptainsVoyagesTurtlesWest Indies Book:Stage-coach and Tavern Days Source: Stage-coach and Tavern Days
“The creatures of the sea hold special mystery, and they are among the most exciting, graceful, and beautiful on Earth. Just consider the living riot of a coral reef, the beauty of an albatross, the awesome power of a giant turtle, the grace of a dolphin. Now multiply that by the millions of creatures in the sea. Wow!” EarthBeautifulMillionsGraceMysterySeaSpecialCreaturesExcitingGiantsWowRiotDolphinsTurtlesReefsCoral ReefsAlbatross Author:Carl Safina
“Large factory trawlers indiscriminately scrape and haul up everything from the ocean floor, along with everyone unfortunate enough to get caught in the nets. Roughly one-third of what is dragged in is not profitable fish, but other sea animals, including turtles, whales, dolphins, seals, and seabirds. These beings are referred to by the fishing industry as "by-catch." Severely traumatized and wounded, these animals are subsequently thrown back into the ocean, dead or dying.” EnoughAnimalSeaDyingIndustryOceanThirdsIncludingCaughtFishesThrownFishingFactoriesUnfortunateWoundedProfitableWhalesSealsDolphinsTurtlesHaul Author:Sharon Gannon
“I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon.” FeltSeaBrokeHorizonSailFloatingTurtles Book:White Oleander Source: White Oleander