Satellite tracking of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles
This is the first satellite tagging of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle on the Western Coast of India. A research project 'Tracking the migratory movements of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles off the coast of Maharashtra' has been commissioned by the Mangrove Foundation,
Sunil Shukla 
The Maharashtra coast has sporadic nesting of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles.
In a first for the West Coast of India, an Olive Ridley Turtle female was successfully satellite tagged today in Velas, Maharashtra. A total of 5 Olive Ridley Sea Turtles are to be satellite tagged under this project
Till now Olive Ridley Sea Turtles have been tagged only on the east coast of India. In a first for the West Coast of India, an Olive Ridley Turtle female was successfully satellite tagged in Velas, Maharashtra. This is the first satellite tagging of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle on the Western Coast of India. A research project 'Tracking the migratory movements of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles off the coast of Maharashtra' has been commissioned by the Mangrove Foundation, Maharashtra Forest Dept. to the Wildlife Institute of India. This study will help in understanding the movement pattern of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles off the coast of Western India A total of 5 Olive Ridley Sea Turtles are to be satellite tagged under this project of which the first one
has been tagged in Velas. This turtle has been named 'Prathama' as it is the first to be satellite tagged in Maharashtra (and for Western Coast of India) and also it signifies the start of a new era in sea turtle conservation in Maharashtra,
The Mangrove Foundation, Maharashtra Forest Dept. and WII plan to tag the four more Olive ridley turtles from different beaches in Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.
