St. Croix Leatherback Project inoshanda pamapurojekiti anoshanda kuchengetedza nekuchengetedza kamba dzemugungwa pamahombekombe egungwa anorara muCaribbean uye muPacific Mexico. Tichishandisa genetics, tinoshanda kuti tipindure mibvunzo inodiwa pakutungamira - senge leatherback zera kusvika pakukura, kuvaka patsva mapoka emhuri uye madzibaba akawanda, uye kuchechenya nekubudirira kwedendere. Isu tinoshandawo pazvinhu zvine chekuita nekubata hove pazvipenyu zvemugungwa kuburikidza nekuona kunobva nguruve dzemugungwa dzakatorwa zvisina tsarukano (bycatch) mukubata hove pasi rose, uye kunyanya idzo dziri pedyo neUSA.
Tsvagiridzo yedu inoitwa mukudyidzana kwepedyo neMarine Turtle Genetics Chirongwa kuSouthwest Fisheries Science Center muLa Jolla, CA (NOAA-NMFS). Isu tinoshandawo takabatana nevakawanda vatinoshanda navo kuchengetedza turtles dzematehwe (nesting uye hatchling turtles) paSandy Point National Wildlife Refuge (St. Croix, VI) uye tinotsigira vadzidzi pakutanga kwemabasa avo ebhayoroji yegungwa kuitira kuti vawane ruzivo rwemumunda uye vagokwanisa kupa. zvidzidzo zvakazvimirira pamisangano. Chirongwa ichi chinotungamirwa naKelly R. Stewart, PhD.
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