Turtle toll crosses 900, state to cut fuel subsidy to boats, cancel licence

Fisheries dept proposes curbs after 50 carcasses found between Besant Nagar Neelankarai

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As many as 50 Olive Ridley turtle carcasses washed up ashore on Friday, many of which were mothers, their bodies still carrying hundreds of unlaid eggs, as in-situ necropsy revealed.

Nearly 1,000 turtles have perished this nesting season in Chennai and Chengalpattu coasts- an unprecedented loss.

Of the 50 new carcasses of the endangered turtle that beached ashore, 31 were found between Besant Nagar and Neelankarai and were relatively fresh.