The Mangrove Foundation along with Wildlife Institute of India (WII) have successfully tagged three Olive Ridley turtles at Guhagar in Ratnagiri district. With this, a total of five Olive Ridley turtles have been tagged on the west coast. Virendra Tiwari, additional principal chief conservator of forests (APCCF) and head of Mangrove Cell, said, “On Tuesday, an Olive Ridley  turtle named Vanashree was released from the Guhagar beach. Two more turtles named Rewa and Lakshmi were released on Wednesday.” 

He added, “Earlier Prathama and Saavani were fitted with satellite transmitters from Velas and Anjarle in Ratnagiri, respectively, on January 25. Thus a total of five turtles have been fitted with satellite transmitters on the west coast of India under the sea turtle monitoring project.”  Maharashtra coast has sporadic nesting of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles. Till now Olive Ridley SeaTurtles have been tagged only on the east coast of India. This is the first satellite tagging project of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle on the Western Coast of India.