美国西海岸首次放归海龟幼龟：橙县 Seal Beach 巢幼龟孵化58天后入海，数十只获放归
美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS）11月14日周六上午宣布，来自加州橙县 Seal Beach 一处巢穴的部分榄蠵龟蛋已在孵化58天后成功孵化，工作人员与合作伙伴已于周六凌晨在光线、人员干扰最少的地方把幼龟放归大海。据参与机构介绍，这是美国西海岸首次放归海龟幼龟。
获放归的幼龟来自 Seal Beach 的巢，其余尚未孵化的蛋仍在继续孵化中。
今年9月16日与19日，两只榄蠵龟先后在 Seal Beach 国家野生动物保护区附近与 Huntington Beach 的海滩上筑巢产卵，这是美国西海岸首次确认的海龟自然筑巢记录。因大浪与高潮位威胁巢穴，生物学家团队9月25日清晨把两处巢穴的蛋取出，其中 Seal Beach 104枚、Huntington Beach 100枚，共204枚，送往位于 Long Beach 的太平洋水族馆（Aquarium of the Pacific）在恒温环境中孵化监测。
同一批南加州海龟动态中，文图拉县一处榄蠵龟巢已于11月13日被大浪冲毁，与橙县这窝幼龟成功入海形成对照。
海龟受《濒危物种法》保护。有关部门提示，民众若在海滩上发现海龟，应通知当地救生员，或拨打美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）西海岸搁浅热线 562-506-4315 报告。
关联：文图拉县 San Buenaventura State Beach 罕见榄蠵龟巢被大浪冲毁：为该县首次有记录的自然筑巢
（来源：美国鱼类及野生动物管理局）
First Sea Turtle Hatchling Release on the U.S. West Coast: Dozens of Olive Ridleys From the Seal Beach Nest Enter the Ocean After 58 Days
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced on Saturday morning, November 14, that some of the olive ridley sea turtle eggs from a nest in Seal Beach, in Orange County, California, had successfully hatched after a 58-day incubation period, and that staff and partners released the hatchlings into the ocean in the dark early hours of Saturday, where light and human disturbance were minimal. The agencies involved described it as the first release of sea turtle hatchlings on the U.S. West Coast.
The released hatchlings came from the Seal Beach nest. Other eggs that have not yet hatched remain in incubation.
On September 16 and 19, two olive ridley turtles nested near the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge and on a beach in Huntington Beach, the first confirmed natural sea turtle nesting ever recorded on the U.S. West Coast. Because high surf and tides threatened the nests, biologists collected the eggs early on September 25, 104 from Seal Beach and 100 from Huntington Beach, 204 in total, and transferred them to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, where they were incubated in a temperature-controlled environment and closely monitored.
In a related development in the same Southern California nesting season, an olive ridley nest in Ventura County was lost to high swell on November 13, a contrast to the Orange County hatchlings that reached the ocean.
Sea turtles are protected under the Endangered Species Act. Officials ask anyone who sees a sea turtle on the beach to notify local lifeguards or report the sighting to the NOAA Fisheries West Coast Stranding Hotline at 562-506-4315.
(Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
来源：美国鱼类及野生动物管理局
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图片来源：图：一只榄蠵龟在沙滩上（资料图）。美国鱼类及野生动物管理局发布，公共领域。 / Photo: An olive ridley sea turtle on a beach (file photo). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain.
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