Launch of the Turtle Spotter Challenge

Since receiving the pledged funds from Experiment.com and additional funds from SPAW-RAC, we have had our hands full getting the project underway and we have many updates to report. I'll start off with a summary of some of the key milestones:

• We engaged Sh'raiya Enterprises in September 2022 to help us develop the awareness campaign

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  The campaign for the project now dubbed the "Turtle Spotter Challenge" was launched online right after T&T carnival, on 22nd February 2023, utilizing posts on Facebook and Instagram as well as Google Ads

• We made several mechanisms available to receive turtle reports - our project webpage provides all the information about the project and how to participate

• In early April 2023 we received our turtle costume and made our first appearance at a local marina where we engaged with people waiting to make their way "DDI" or "Down D Islands" - the Bocas Islands offshore northwest Trinidad

   

  

• We put together a team of volunteers to assist with implementing a survey of key stakeholders

• We began distributing posters and flyers at key locations around T&T

   

  

  Alvin Douglas, Owner and Dive Instructor at Frontier Divers Ltd, Store Bay, Tobago