Necropsy of a Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the Impacts of Plastic Pollution in Tioman Island, Malaysia

Tioman Island has four nesting beaches for green turtles and hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), with an average of 60 nests per year. [...]the island also supports a population of resident juvenile green and hawksbill turtles that use the coastal area around the island as a feeding ground (~50 individuals identified). All the items collected were classified using the app CleanSwell developed by the Ocean Conservancy (www.oceanconservancy.org). Because most of the trash found during beach cleanups had washed in from the ocean, this reflects the potential threats of plastic on turtles around their feeding grounds. First data on plastic ingestion by blue sharks (Prionace glauca) from the Ligurian Sea (North-Western Mediterranean sea).