Fish from the Arnavon Island Marine Reserve, Solomon Islands

"Uncontrolled harvest of turtle eggs for consumption and market sale is a world-wide issue in turtle conservation. Here, eggs are being dug up only minutes after the mother turtle has finished laying and burying them. Once a female turtle has moved away from the buried egg clutch on her way back towards the sea, she too may be easily captured for food or sale. Because the Arnavon Islands are protected, this fate does not await the mother turtle or her eggs. Photo: Hank Cauley (BCN) 1996"

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