Gulf of Thailand 
       The most important nesting in the Gulf of Thailand (where almost 100% of the sea 
  turtles come to lay their eggs) is under the control of the Royal Thai Navy. Thus turtles 
  are well protected. Almost 100% of sea turtle eggs have been collected, hatched and 
  raised to proper size before releasing back to the sea. 
  
   Andaman Sea 
       Conservation programme was carried out with emphasis on educating students, the 
  youthful, local people and tourists. Many agencies such as the National Parks Authority, 
  The Royal Thai Navy, the Department of Fisheries and NGO groups are currently involved 
  in these matters. 

       There are four main nesting beaches along the west coast 
  which are governed by the different organization as follows: 
    
       i. Phrathong Island nesting area covers all beaches of 
  three islands, Ra, Phrathong and Khokoo Islands beaches 
  includes 14 km.long. Olive ridley and leatherback turtles 
  come to lay eggs in this area. 
       In 1997, phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) 
  collaborated with the Marine Turtle Research and Conservation, Italy (CELON) to conduct sea 
  turtle conservation programme on this area. Surveying on nesting site has been monitored. 
  Education programs promoting conservation awareness have been established for students 
  and local people on the island. 
  
       ii. Thaimuang beach (20 km.long); this area is also the nesting site for the olive ridley 
  and leatherback turtles. The northern half of the beach belongs to the National Parks, 
  Department of Forestry nesting area has been protected by the National Park Authority. 
  Turtle eggs are uncubated in the hatchery and released to the sea after being hatched. 
  Out side the National Parks, the beach has been patrolled by the Coastal Aquaculture 
  Fisheries Station Authority, Department of Fisheries. Turtle eggs are transported to a 
  hatchery and the hatchlings are reared in captovity for few months before being 
  released to the sea. 
  
       iii. Similan Island these islands consists of nine small islands. Since 1996 the 
  nesting beach has been protected by the Thai Navy. About half of the hatchlings were 
  released to the sea naturally. The rest of the hatchlings were reared for a few months 
  and being used for conservation campaign at Phang-nga and Phuket Provinces. 
  
       iv. Maikhow Beach, Phuket Island. Olive ridley and leatherback turtles lay eggs in 
  this area. This area belongs to the Silinart National Park. The beach is patrolled by 
  the National Park authorities and volunteers. The eggs are incubated in the hatchery. 
  The hatchlings were released to the sea naturally after hatching. Also the sea turtle 
  biology and conservation awareness are provided to local communities. 
  
       Several research has been conducted to protect and 
  discover proper management of this species are listed 
  below: 
  
  i.    A preliminary study of sea turtle in the gulf of Thailand. 
  ii.   Growth studies on the ridley turtle (lepidochelys olivacea) 
  iii.  Sea turtle and conservation in Thai 
  iv.  Biology and conservation of the olive ridley turtle in the 
  Andaman Sea, Thailand. 
  v.   Nesting behavior and some biological aspect of olive ridley 
  turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) in breeding captivity. 
  vi.  Experiment on hatching of green turtle eggs in the control room.