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there has been one tag recovery of a turtle that nested in Java[136].

International stocks foraging in Australian waters
For all six species it is known that some turtles nesting outside Australia migrate to forage in Australian waters. These turtles are considered in the table 'All species – International stocks foraging in Australian waters' at Section 5.4.
Green Turtle Stocks Nesting in Australia

Figure 3. Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting sites in Australia and surrounding regions.
 Source: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection marine turtle tagging database, Chatto and Baker (2008)[36], FitzSimmons and Limpus (2014)[63], Waayers (2014)[231].

Loggerhead Turtle Stocks Nesting in Australia

Figure 4. Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting sites in Australia and surrounding regions.
 Source: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection marine turtle tagging database, FitzSimmons and Limpus (2014)[63], Whiting and Guinea (2005)[242].

Hawksbill Turtle Stocks Nesting in Australia

Figure 5. Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting sites in Australia and surrounding regions.
 Source: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection marine turtle tagging database, Chatto and Baker (2008)[36], FitzSimmons and Limpus (2014)[63], Guinea (2013)[79], K. Pendoley (unpublished data 2016), Vargas et al. (2016)[229], Waayers (2014)[231], Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife – unpublished data (2016).
Flatback Turtle Stocks Nesting in Australia

Figure 6. Flatback turtle (Natator depressus) nesting sites in Australia and surrounding regions.
 Source: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection marine turtle tagging database, Chatto and Baker (2008)[36], FitzSimmons and Limpus (2014)[63], Waayers (2014)[231], Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife – unpublished data (2016), Whiting et al. (2008)[238].
Olive Ridley Turtle Stocks Nesting in Australia

Figure 7. Olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting sites in Australia and surrounding regions.
 Source: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection marine turtle tagging database, Chatto and Baker (2008)[36], FitzSimmons and Limpus (2014)[63], Prince et al. (2010)[190], Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife – unpublished data (2016).
Leatherback Turtle Nesting and Foraging
Figure 8. Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting sites in Australia and surrounding regions
, noting nesting has not been observed in Queensland since 1996[136].  Indicative dispersal for leatherback turtles nesting in the Indo-Pacific is based on tag recovery data and satellite telemetry. Green arrows represent turtles nesting outside Australia and foraging within Australian waters. Source: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection marine turtle tagging database, Benson et al. (2011)[14], Chatto and Baker (2008)[36], FitzSimmons and Limpus(2014)[63], Namboothri et al. (2012)[174].
Northern Great Barrier Reef and North West Shelf Green Turtle Stock Dispersal

Figure 9. Indicative dispersal for northern Great Barrier Reef and North West Shelf green turtle (Chelonia mydas) stocks
 based on tag recovery, satellite telemetry and genetic mixed stock analysis. Source: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection marine turtle tagging