Table 2. Side-necked turtle recovery in the Yanayacu Pucate basin, PSNR Year Total eggs collected for re-nesting Total nests collected Number of eggs harvested Live turtle young hatched Total turtles released into the wild 1994 9603 282 6778 2197 2154 1995 25 916 767 18 202 5712 5512 1996 44 409 1340 23 608 16 357 15 889 1997 45 559 1390 22 213 18 555 18 349 1998 56 884 1754 32 971 19 943 19 826 1999 60 264 1829 31 497 25 577 25 418 2000 48 211 1438 19 271 25 247 25 103 2001 68 528 2031 33 961 26 483 22 689 2002 71 369 2129 37 242 27 153 24 226 2003 72 770 2282 46 443 19 703 17 159 2004 82 849 No data available 59 923 17 474 15 095 2005 95 237 3344 67 616 24 224 24 224 Total 681 599 19 347 399 725 228 625 215 644 Source: Centro de Datos para le Conservación 2006.