Hi all, I am happy to inform that we now have five turtle nests in Half Moon Bay. We all have to accept the fact that there are multiple factors for why we don’t have as many turtle nesting spots as years past. The Sargassum on the beach, the new barrier, and the increase in boat traffic have all affected the turtles nesting habits. No one can say for sure, but NicteHa recently did a sargasso clean up in front of their condos and the next day they had a turtle nest. Without a good beach cleanup effort (and I don’t mean to throw the sargasso back into the water as we have seen!)  we can’t really evaluate and find out the main reason of Turtles not nesting as frequently as before. As I have said before, and I will continue to say, Vecinos will help with the logistics of setting up the cleaning efforts of Sargassum on the beach in Half Moon Bay. It is the condos and  home owners responsibility to clean the beach of sargasso. Owners need to come to an agreement that this is what they want to do and finance this initiative. I took it upon myself to ask a sargassum cleanup crew how much they would charge for the service, the cost is $2300 Mexican pesos per truckload and that includes workers to pick up the Sargasso, and the disposal of it. I am happy to contact the removal service and help to set up the logistics. Feel free to reach out to me for help. We can all do this together.