Our sea turtle hatchery is getting full again! On 2017, we have released 8430 Green and Hawksbill hatchlings into the turquoise water of the Celebes Sea, and right now we have 5 green and 2 hawksbill turtle nests ready to hatch in the next few weeks. Visit Pom Pom Island Resort and discover more [...]
On the 12th of October 0530 hours we found a Hawksbill turtle nest! 83 Hawskbill turtle eggs was transferred to our hatchery. Another victory for the Pom Pom Island conservation team. The nest was sponsored the same day by Asian Trials Malaysia (A travel agency which is very keen on our conservation effort here at [...]
On the 11th of April the first nest of the season was laid! It is called Madina's turtles and has 86 eggs inside. The nest was relocated to the hatchery. The nest is due to hatch between the 26th of May and the 20th June, we wait impatiently to see the hatchlings.
Helen and David are our lovely Turtle sponsors from the UK, who have sponsored our nest of 101 Green Turtle eggs laid on the 4th of September. Helen and David joined our Patrol that night and were able to witness when the Mother Turtle laid her eggs! It was also another busy day at the [...]
Yesterday we had some new arrivals at the hatchery, it looks like being a busy week, as there are many nests due at the moment. One of the babies was born earlier, but released okay, then the rest came at 5pm, all very active, and released immediately to the sea. [...]
Samuel and Robert, our young friends who recently came to visit Pom Pom, were very lucky a few nights ago when they were able to witness a large green turtle laying her eggs, the boys were so happy that they wanted to sponsor the nest! We will keep them up to date when [...]
A big thank you to Ms.Gail & Mr.Paul & Mr.Keith who have very kindly sponsored our turtle nest which have been transferred to hatchery on 23.March. This latest nest is green turtle eggs, they will hatch in about 60 days. We want to thank you all very much for your kind support and look forward [...]
Our patrol found a green turtle nest , 93 eggs were carefully transferred to our hatchery beside Dive Centre. パトローラーがアオウミガメの巣から93個の卵を保護、93個の卵をダイブセンター脇のハッチャリー（卵の保護センター）へ無事に移送しました。 It is our first turtle nest in 2011 ! 2011年、最初の海亀の巣、ハッチャリーへ移送完了！
The dive centre staff have now finished replacing all the sand in our hatchery with fresh clean sand. Its been a long job, and heavy work, especially after a rain downfall, but now it is ready for the next season of turtle eggs. We have been patrolling on a regular basis, but currently there have [...]
This week, at the hatchery, our Turtle Patrol are busy replacing the old sand in the hatchery with fresh clean sand. The reason for this is that over time, the original sand becomes dirty and we start getting tree root and ant problems. Its a big job to take out all the sand, but the [...]
