Physical protection, avoiding the use of metallic materials, would be especially useful at the beginning and at the end
of the incubation period. The complete protection of nests from ghost
crabs and other predators requires a significant amount of time and effort
for each nest and it is only recommended when the number of nests is
very scarce and these are far from each other. In these cases, the solitary
nest protection can be very important at a population level, but the creation of special hatcheries for just a few nests is practically worthless. However, on beaches with a high nest abundance and predation risk, efforts to
protect a relevant number of nests in situ are extremely costly.