Ua hōʻea mai ka mua o nā honu hawksbill pūnana nui ma ka mokupuni ʻo Cousine, e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ko lākou kau pūnana. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i kēia ʻano mea ʻino loa kekahi o nā mea nui o ka hui mālama mālama ma ka Mokupuni. ʻOhi ʻia nā ʻikepili koʻikoʻi, e like me nā helu helu, ka lōʻihi o ka carapace a me ka nui o ka pūnana, mai kēlā me kēia wahine i ʻike ma kahakai i mea e ʻike ai i nā loli o ka heluna kanaka ma Seychelles.
He ikaika loa ke kahakai o Cousine me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kahakai i ka nui e like me ke kau a me ke kuhikuhi makani. ʻO nā pūnana i waiho ʻia ma kahi i manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole palekana, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia e ka hui i kahi hānai manuahi ʻole a i ka wā i puka mai ai nā ʻōhua, hoʻokuʻu ʻia lākou i ke kai e hoʻomaka i kā lākou huakaʻi a hiki i ke kanaka makua. Ke ʻōlelo nei ka hui mālama ʻāina ʻo Cousine Island, ke manaʻolana nei lākou he moʻolelo kūleʻa hou kēia kau, me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā ʻōpuʻu ma mua o nā makahiki i hala.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Nests that are laid in an area deemed ‘unsafe' are relocated by the team to a predator-free hatchery and once the hatchlings have emerged they are released into the ocean to start their journey to adulthood.
- Important data, such as tag numbers, carapace length and nest clutch sizes, are collected from each female encountered on the beach in order to identify changes in the population within the Seychelles.
- The monitoring of this critically endangered species is one of the primary focuses of the conservation team on the Island.
