Turn off lights shining on the beach

By Beaches1 on Thursday, March 3, 2016
Including flash from cell phones
  • The Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol works in Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach – the phone number is 904-613-6081. Reports from any other locations should be directed to Florida Fish and Wildlife at 888-404-3922.
    The Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol works in Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach – the phone number is 904-613-6081. Reports from any other locations should be directed to Florida Fish and Wildlife at 888-404-3922.
    Sea turtles digging their nests to lay eggs on Florida’s beaches face a new 21st century hazard: someone snapping a flash photo with a cell phone. March 1 is the official start of the sea turtle nesting season. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reminds people not to take cell phone flash photos of sea turtles on the beach at night, because that can interfere with nes...

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