Pacific island turtle nesting maps
type: Dataset
description: Maps and associated data from the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS). A summary of the database can be found below. The Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS) provides invaluable information for Pacific island countries and territories to manage their turtle resources. TREDS can be used to collate data from strandings, tagging, nesting, emergence and beach surveys as well as other biological data on turtles. TREDS can also be used to monitor and sustainably manage marine turtle populations as well as their nesting and foraging sites. This database is currently being trialed in Samoa, American Samoa, Vanuatu, French Polynesia and Fiji. The upgrade and update of the SPREP Regional Turtle Database is an important component of the SPREP Marine Turtle Action Plan 2003-2007, which, in 2003, recommended that the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System be developed further. TREDS was developed through a collaborative effort by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, NOAA Fisheries, Queensland Government Environmental Protection Agency, South-East Asia Fisheries Development Centre and the Marine Research Foundation. The development of TREDS continues with trials in a few SPREP member countries and territories before it is distributed to the wider SPREP region.
date created: 21-07-2021T03:07:03.0
date modified: 20-02-2025T18:02:01.0
publisher: SPREP Island and Ocean Ecosystems (IOE)
subject of: Biodiversity
subject of: Coastal and Marine
keywords: turtle
keywords: threatened species
keywords: biodiversity
keywords: nesting
keywords: harvesting
keywords: sustainable
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
spatial coverage: Pacific Region
accountable person: pacific@dmin
distribution: Green turtle nest sites 1970-2017
  type: DataDownload
  file format: png
  encoding format: image/png
  content size: 7402252
  description: From the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS)
distribution: Hawksbill turtle nest sites 1973-2018
  type: DataDownload
  file format: png
  encoding format: image/png
  content size: 7379712
  description: From the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS)
distribution: Leatherback turtle nest sites 1976-2015
  type: DataDownload
  file format: png
  encoding format: image/png
  content size: 7368627
  description: From the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS)
distribution: Loggerhead turtle nest sites 1977-2011
  type: DataDownload
  file format: png
  encoding format: image/png
  content size: 7372833
  description: From the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS)
distribution: Olive Ridley turtle nest sites 1976-2011
  type: DataDownload
  file format: png
  encoding format: image/png
  content size: 7375380
  description: From the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS)
distribution: Unidentified turtle nest sites 1982-2018
  type: DataDownload
  file format: png
  encoding format: image/png
  content size: 7375544
  description: From the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS)
distribution: Summary turtle nesting data from the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS)
  type: DataDownload
  file format: xlsx
  encoding format: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
  content size: 815149
  description: Excel file with spreadsheets for each species. Downloaded from TREDS May 2021.