St. Croix Leatherback Project imagwira ntchito zoteteza ndi kuteteza akamba am'nyanja m'mphepete mwa nyanja zomwe zimamanga zisa ku Caribbean ndi Pacific Mexico. Pogwiritsa ntchito majini, timayesetsa kuyankha mafunso ofunikira kwa oyang'anira - monga zaka za chikopa mpaka kukhwima, kumanganso magulu a mabanja ndi abambo angapo, kuswedwa ndi kupambana kwa chisa. Timayang'aniranso nkhani zokhudzana ndi kusodza pazachilengedwe za m'madzi pozindikira komwe akamba am'madzi amachitira (bycatch) muusodzi padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka omwe ali pafupi ndi USA.
Kafukufuku wathu akuchitidwa mogwirizana kwambiri ndi Marine Turtle Genetics Programme ku Southwest Fisheries Science Center ku La Jolla, CA (NOAA-NMFS). Timagwiranso ntchito mogwirizana ndi abwenzi ambiri kuti titeteze akamba aatherback (akamba obereketsa zisa ndi hatchling) ku Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge (St. Croix, VI) ndikuthandizira ophunzira kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yawo ya biology ya m'madzi kuti athe kupeza luso la kumunda ndikutha kupereka. maphunziro odziyimira pawokha pamisonkhano. Ntchitoyi ikutsogoleredwa ndi Kelly R. Stewart, PhD.
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