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WWF officer holding a juvenile hawksbill turtle. source - www.royalcarribeanblog.com
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Royal Caribbean announced a major milestone today in its fight to save the Hawksbill Turtle from extinction. The cruise line in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia, announced a new DNA extraction test will offer scientists and conservationists vital information to track – and ultimately help end – the illegal trade of hawksbill turtle products. This is a significant breakthrough led by WWF Australia, Royal Caribbean the NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), in California, USA.

 

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