Minister of Agriculture Ravi Ratiram led a turtle watching excursion at the Grand Riviere Turtle Nesting Site on the weekend.
The Grand Riviere site is a high-density nesting site for the endangered Leatherback turtles, whose nesting season runs from March to August.
Senator Ratiram told the media that the tour was an opportunity for the public to gain a greater understanding of what the Site has to offer.
“This is a very special place. It’s a place that places Trinidad and Tobago on the world map because there’s a record for this turtle nesting area. It is actually the most dense turtle nesting area beachfront, throughout the world,” he said.
“The turtles come here, when they come, they lay their eggs, they will travel all the way to Canada, they will travel around the world, and even about two to three years after, they return right here to lay their eggs.”
