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Goh Pei Pei New Straits Times 8 Sep 19; KUCHING: The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) enforcement team nabbed two men for selling sea turtle eggs at Pasar Tamu Kubah Ria on Saturday. SFC chief executive officer Zolkipli Mohamad Aton said the first suspect, aged 65, was caught at 9.45am and 214 eggs were seized. �When our team returned to the market for another round of patrol in the afternoon, they arrested a 26-year-old man with 438 sea turtle eggs. We had lodged a police report for further investigation,� he said in a statement today. On the same day, another team raided a stall at Bandar Riyal market in Kota Samarahan for selling wild boar meat. A 62-year-old male suspect was nabbed and 17 packets of the wildlife meat were seized. Zolkipli said anyone who hunts, kills, keeps, sells or consumes protected animals faces a one-year jail term and RM10,000 fine. �In the case of the sea turtle which is a totally protected wildlife in Sarawak, the maximum fine is RM50,000 and five years�...

JUSTIN ONG Today Online 4 Sep 19; SINGAPORE � One hundred newly-hatched hawksbill turtles were released into the sea from Tanjong Beach in Sentosa on Wednesday morning (Sept 4). According to a Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) spokesperson, the eggs were hatched on Tuesday at approximately 10pm. SDC carried out measurements and checks on the hatchlings before they were released into the sea at about 7am on Wednesday. The hawksbill turtle nest was discovered at Tanjong Beach on July 14, said SDC. A protective barrier was erected around the nest within the day of the discovery to �keep the eggs safe from natural predators such as monitor lizards and crabs, as well as other potential disturbances during the incubation period,� said SDC. SDC also worked with the National Parks Board (NParks) to conduct checks to ensure that the nest was safe. Hawksbill turtle hatchings are rare; this is only the fifth time since 1996 that eggs of the critically-endangered turtle have hatched on Sento...

Avila Geraldine New Straits Times 29 Aug 19; KOTA KINABALU: Despite efforts to save turtles, the endangered species are still under threat, even within protected marine parks in the state, in particular the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park (TARP) near here. Marine biologist Scott Mayback said the threats come in various forms, including heavy boat activities, marine debris, fish bombings, and ghost nets. �(The ghost net) is a major concern. People are still using it to catch fish, even within a protected marine park. �Each year, we will find a few dead turtles in the marine parks. This year so far, there are two discoveries,� he told New Straits Times. Mayback, who oversees a turtle rescue centre at Gaya Island Resort, said round-the-clock enforcement is needed to ensure marine life stay protected from threats caused by human activities. He also stressed on the need to reduce marine debris and limiting boat use in certain areas, especially those covered with seagrass, a major component of turt...

About 150 baby turtles were hatched last year at Singapore's first and only hatchery for these marine creatures, the National Parks Board (NParks) said on Wednesday (Aug 21), nearly a year since its official launch in September 2018. Junn Loh reports. Junn Loh Channel NewsAsia 21 Aug 19; SINGAPORE: About 150 baby turtles were hatched last year at Singapore's first and only hatchery for these marine creatures, the National Parks Board (NParks) said on Wednesday (Aug 21), nearly a year since its official launch in September 2018. The turtle hatchery at Sisters� Islands Marine Park was built as part of efforts to provide a safe space for incubating eggs, which faces threats caused by human traffic, light pollution and predators such as monitor lizards. Singapore is home to two species of turtles: the hawksbill turtle and the green turtle, both of which are critically endangered. The turtles visit various shores around Singapore to lay eggs during the nesting season from May to Oc...

The Jakarta Post 15 Aug 19; Semparuk Police in Sambas regency, West Kalimantan, confiscated 1,340 turtle eggs allegedly being smuggled by a passenger of the KM Sabuk Nusantara 38 vessel during an operation in Sintete Port in the regency. The turtle eggs were carried by a passenger identified as N, a resident of Sedau subdistrict in the province�s Singkawang city, Semparuk Police chief First Insp. Aswin Mahwan said on Thursday. Authorities launched the operation on Wednesday after they received information from local people that the KM Sabuk Nusantara 38 would arrive in the port and one of the vessel�s passengers was bringing turtle eggs. The police waited for the passenger accused of carrying the eggs and officers from both the Semparuk Police and the Sambas Police searched his belongings, Aswin said. �[We] found thousands of turtle eggs packed in boxes, plastic containers and plastic bags,� Aswin said as quoted by Antara news agency. Article 21 point 2 of Law No. 5/1990 on conservati...