Table 3 Months of night-time monitoring, number (#) of adult female green turtle tagged, number of clutches laid by tagged females, observed clutch frequency ± SD, on beaches combined for Vamizi Island

# of nesting females tagged

41

22

22

85

# of clutches laid by tagged females (%)

3.25

3.44

2.65

65 (36%)

62 (54%)

53 (30%)

180

Observed clutch frequency (CF)

3.3

3.4

2.7

3.4

Estimated # of nesting females.year ^-1

55.7

33.4

66.4