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In honour of World Sea Turtle Day on 16th June, we are featuring the 5 sea turtle species found in Trinidad and Tobago throughout the month of June.
@speseas_tt has Associate Members too! First up is Kelly Mannette-Camejo. Kelly has over 15 years experience as a Science educator, with a passion for Marine and Environmental Science. She strives to improve the awareness, management and sustainable use of the delicate marine environment in Tobago, Trinidad, and the wider Caribbean region. Kelly is a graduate of @uwi_staugustine’s MSc in Management of Tropical Environments and she possesses a Diploma of Education, which enabled her to serve as a Secondary School Teacher III in the field of Biology, Chemistry and Integrated Science. She was also an adjunct Science lecturer at COSTAATT’s Tobago campus; and over the last few years, the Environmental Education Officer at the Buccoo Reef Trust, responsible for the education and outreach activities at all educational levels. Kelly is also the founder of an online Science tutoring service, KamCam Tutoring, which ensures that science education reaches a wider audience of students at the primary and secondary level. Using a multi-sectoral approach, Kelly has coupled her passion for the environment with her creative side as the Managing Director of Beyond Fantasy Decorators, a decorating business that provides decorations with elements of environmental consciousness for events in the wedding and tourism industry.
This week we highlight a coral reef favourite, the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Juvenile hawksbill turtles are common on coral reefs around Tobago where they primarily feed on marine sponges that are abundant on Tobago’s reefs. By feeding on marine sponges they create spaces on the reefs for corals to settle and grow, thus promoting a diverse, healthy reef. By penetrating the sponges’ tough external surface with their strong beak, they also make the soft internal parts more available to other sponge-eating animals like fish. This hawksbill was found on Cathedral reef on Little Tobago.
In honour of World Sea Turtle Day on 16th June, we are featuring the 5 sea-turtle species found in Trinidad and Tobago over the next month.
In Trinidad and Tobago, we are responsible for an ocean 15 times greater in area than our land mass.
Tune in tomorrow #WorldOceanDay2021 to this Distinguished Lecture and Panel Discussion on the Caribbean Deep Sea, hosted by the IMA. Hear from some of the world's leading experts in this field, including our own Deep-Sea Biologist Dr. Diva Amon. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Uy58_WexQ4CVOr_7fSFP9A

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