Actually, it's the best move Costa Rica could have made. Allow resident locals to harvest eggs on the first nights of the arribadas, these nests and eggs are typically destroyed by the thousands of turtles that follow them each night during the arribadas. In return, the locals patrol the beach during the rest of the nesting season. They guard against poaching and protect the young hatchlings as they make their way to the sea. Mortality rates have skyrocketed since this conservation plan was put into place.
