A total of 1945 dead turtles were found over the study period, with loggerheads being the most common species, followed by black, olive ridley, and hawksbill turtles (Table 1).The most abundant species found on beaches was the loggerhead followed by black and olive ridley turtles. In towns, theblack turtle was the dominant species, followed by loggerhead and olive ridley turtles. Black turtles suffered the highestconsumption mortality overall (91%), followed by olive ridley(84%), Hawksbill (83%) and loggerhead turtles (63%). Consumption mortality accounted for 95–100% in towns and dumps, butfor only 0–24% of total mortality on beaches where unknownmortality was dominant (76–100%). Bycatch mortality accountedonly for a very small number of turtles (