Sea Turtles in Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam – Save Phu Quoc

Run into Sea Turtle - Phu Quoc Snorkeling

A short footage of a hawksbill (one of 5 sea turtle species found in Vietnam) swimming in South Phu Quoc Island, sea turtle is now rarely-seen marine animal in Phu Quoc due to serious threatens from fishing and iresponsible tourism business.

Introduction about sea turtles in Phu Quoc island

Vietnam in general has a long coast line of more than 3000 kilometers, many stretched, untouched beaches have been become home to sea turtles, in Vietnam there are 5 sea turtle species in total. A large number of sea turtles usually found in Vietnam Southern where is warmer and provide good habitat for sea turtles to live and nest.

 

Can you see Sea Turtles in Phu Quoc now? 

Sea turtle is kind of rarely-seen now in Phu Quoc Island due to overfishing and reducing water quality due to pollution by restaurant on small islands, howerver they are still out there.

A Hawksbill (a sea turtle species)spoted by a drone in South Phu Quoc Island in Agust 2023
A Hawksbill (a sea turtle species)spoted by a drone in South Phu Quoc Island in Agust 2023

Threatens to sea turtles in Phu Quoc

 

Responsible travel to save Phu Quoc