CANACONA
Galgibaga too joins the Agonda Turtle Rehabilitation Centre in becoming the second reserved beach to have Olive Ridley hatchlings at its nursery early Saturday morning.
According to RFO(Wildlife) Anant Velip, the first-ever turtle nest, protected from January 3 this year at Galgibaga produced 54 hatchings so far, which were subsequently released in the sea.
Incidentally the first pit protected at Galgibaga Turtle Rehabilitation Centre had 117 eggs in incubation process, and while only 54 eggs were hatched, some more are expected to be hatched within next two days as the incubation period for Olive Ridley is somewhere between 48-58 days.
However, while a few of the olive Ridley babies die soon after hatching,a good number of the eggs are unproductive and do not hatch at all, and instead get destroyed in the pit itself.
Galgibaga Turtle Reserved Beach which is protecting 8 nesting pits with 870 Olive Ridley eggs, presently still has over 800 eggs under procreation.
Agonda another reserved beach in Canacona has still 20 pits being protected for procreation, with both centres together containing 2,049 eggs under incubation
