Positive turtle conservation efforts

Shafik (in red shirt) fitting a micro chip to two turtles before they is released at the Turtle Hachery Centre, Cherating, Kuantan. — NIK NAIZI HUSIN/ The Star

CHERATING: The Cherating Turtle Conservation Centre has successfully hatched 4,746 turtles from January to June this year.

Pahang Fisheries Department director Datuk Adnan Hussain said that this was from the 15,428 eggs laid by 176 turtles that nested at the conservation centre during the same period.