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• n  pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell

• Aside from the marine sanctuary, Apo has about 11 dive sites with the usual submerged suspects: big hawksbill turtles, sea snakes and silver-striped mangrove jacks.
• And turtle-friendly policies are de rigueur: beach monitors are trained to mark nesting sites (last year the hotel counted 15 nests) and rescue errant hawksbill hatchlings should .
• The boat will chart a course through the Bunaken National Marine Park to study the local undersea life: hawksbill turtles, sea stars, sea lilies.

• hawksbill turtle
• hawkbill
• tortoiseshell turtle
• Eretmochelys imbricata

News & Articles

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• Eight Arrested in Puerto Rico for Illegal Trade in Endangered Sea Turtles for Human Consumption
  The waters around Puerto Rico are designated as a critical habitat for the hawksbill and the green sea turtle.
  July 20, 2013 - Kansas City InfoZine
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  Please login to view the requested resource. STANLEY - A fire at a residence on Hawksbill Park Road just outside Stanley on Friday morning caused $175,000 worth of damage and rendered the home “a total loss,” according to a press release...
  July 20, 2013 - The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record

Quotes

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• Hubert Ingraham in Nassau Guardian
  There is also an urgent need to clarify and bring certainty to the administration of the Hawksbill Creek Agreement in the Port Area,Ingraham said. "Accordingly, the Customs Management Act will be amended to put beyond doubt the powers of...