The Sri Lanka Navy let loose 82 sea turtle hatchlings on the Panama seaside on sixteenth April 2024, in a bid to avoid wasting these endangered marine animal. The Commander Southeastern Naval Space, Rear Admiral Thushara Karunathunga was additionally in attendance on this event the place the hatchlings had been launched.
Following the directives of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, the Navy carries out a Turtle Conservation Venture in a bid to avoid wasting these endangered marine species.
The mission ensures the conservation of sea turtle eggs and the secure launch of hatchlings to the ocean. Other than the navy-managed Turtle Conservation Centre in Panama, comparable initiatives are being carried out alongside the Western, Southern and Japanese shorelines by the Sri Lanka Coast Guard.
The eggs of launched sea turtle hatchlings had been conserved by the Turtle Conservation Unit at SLNS Mahanaga within the Southeastern Naval Command.
