Return to the Ocean
Within the framework of the activities of the Aquarium La Rochelle, the Centre d'Etudes et de Soins pour les Tortues Marines (C.E.S.T.M.) welcomes every year marine turtles stranded or captured accidentally. After long months of care and convalescence, the animals use the return of fine weather to go back to the ocean.
From 1988 to 2025
Return to the Ocean
Discover the number of individuals who have been able to return to their natural environment in 32 years of C.E.S.T.M. activities.
372
Loggerhead turtles
9
Kemp's Ridley Turtles
5
Green turtles
386
Total number of turtles
Return to the Ocean illustrated
Follow the course of a sea turtle, from observation to return to the ocean.
From 2008 to 2025
Satellite tracking
2
Green Turtles
4
Kemp's Ridley Turtles
61
Loggerhead turtles
67
Total number of trackings
