The Environmental Awareness Group of Antigua & Barbuda

Raising awareness & promoting sustainable use of natural resources

The information on her movement and behaviour will be invaluable to efforts to conserve endangered green turtle populations. The Antigua Sea Turtle Project is working closely with the Codrington Lagoon National Park and others on Barbuda to verify whether Suzie has nested.

We remind the public that all sea turtles found in Antigua and Barbuda are extremely endangered and should not be harvested for meat or eggs. Any sightings of nesting turtles should be reported to the Antigua Sea Turtle Project at 720 6955. For updates on Suzie’s movements, visit The Marine Conservation Society
 

Maps made available courtesy of Seaturtle.org

Latest on Suzie, the Green Turtle. Where to next?

Suzie's satellite tracker gave long undisturbed signals on the night of 17 October from near to the Lighthouse Hotel in Barbuda. This means that she may have nested there. When Eli Fuller went looking for her on 12 October, they saw several green turtle nests. A lively discussion about Suzie is on Eli Fullers Blog on this topic. Eli’s Blogs of 9th and 12th October are also well worth a read.  

Suzie, the female green turtle, that was satellite tagged and released off East Caicos in June 2009, headed East and rested and possibly nested in Barbuda. She circumnavigated the entire island over several days. Female turtles often return to the place of their birth to lay their eggs, so there is a chance that Suzie is a Barbuda-born green turtle come home to nest! She heading southwards into the waters of Martinique and then headed West into the Caribbean Sea and is then back to Turks and Caicos - a journey of 6,000 kms.