It’s a big nesting season for sea turtles in Puerto Vallarta this year

The sea turtle nesting season continues in Puerto Vallarta, and this year a significant number of females have arrived to spawn, to the extent that volunteers from Tortugueros cannot cope to collect the nests.

"This season has been extraordinary, every day we are collecting more nests, there are times that we can't reach all the nests," said Emanuel Rivas Rivera, a volunteer for the Marine Turtle Protection Association.

The nesting season in Puerto Vallarta begins in June and ends in January. During this period, the collection of about 3,000 nests is estimated, of . . .