St. Croix Leatherback Project e sebetsa mererong e sebeletsang ho baballa le ho sireletsa likolopata tsa leoatle mabōpong a lihlaha ho pholletsa le Caribbean le Pacific Mexico. Re sebelisa liphatsa tsa lefutso, re sebetsa ho araba lipotso tse hlokahalang bakeng sa tsamaiso - joalo ka lilemo tsa letlalo la letlalo ho isa kholong, ho hlophisa bocha lihlopha tsa malapa le bo-ntate ba bangata, le ho qhotsa le katleho ea sehlaha. Re boetse re sebetsana le litaba tse amanang le litlamorao tsa ho ts'oasa lihlapi tikolohong ea maoatle ka ho hloaea mehloli ea likolopata tsa leoatleng tse hapuoeng ka tšohanyetso (bycatch) libakeng tsa ho tšoasa litlhapi lefatšeng ka bophara, haholo-holo tse haufi le USA.
Lipatlisiso tsa rona li etsoa ka tšebelisano e haufi le Lenaneo la Marine Turtle Genetics Setsing sa Saense sa Litlhapi sa Boroa-Bophirima se La Jolla, CA (NOAA-NMFS). Re boetse re sebetsa ka tšebelisano 'moho le balekane ba bangata ho sireletsa likolopata tsa leatherback (likolopata tse lulang lihlaha le tse qhotsoang) sebakeng sa Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge (St. Croix, VI) le ho ts'ehetsa baithuti pele ba qala mesebetsi ea bona ea baeloji ea metsing e le hore ba fumane boiphihlelo ba masimong mme ba khone ho fana ka maikutlo. lithuto tse ikemetseng likopanong. Morero o etelletsoe pele ke Kelly R. Stewart, PhD.
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