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TN to tag Olive Ridley turtles for two-year telemetry study
The New Indian Express Chennai
|August 31, 2025
THE state has announced a two-year telemetry study, from 2025 to 2027, to track the movements of Olive Ridley turtles along its coastline using satellite and flipper tagging. The initiative aims to identify nearshore hotspots, migratory routes, and entanglement-prone fishing areas, providing science-backed strategies to reduce fishing-related mortality.
The government has sanctioned ₹84 lakh for the project, and a G.O. was issued on Saturday. Of this, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) will receive ₹53.65 lakh for satellite tags, data transmission, and field operations, while the Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) has been allocated ₹30.29 lakh for nearshore surveys, fisher assessments, and flipper tagging. Immediate sanction has been accorded for ₹59.14 lakh in 2025-26, with the balance to follow in the next financial year.
This story is from the August 31, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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