Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative
Project context, field methods, leatherback conservation, community work and linked professional records.
Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative2003–2008 · Dominica
Rowan Byrne in Dominica
A connected fieldwork record of sea-turtle conservation, community engagement, original photography and marine research.
A connected Dominica record
This hub brings together the parts of Rowan Byrne’s Dominica work that can be read as a connected record: the Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative, the 2005 field account, sea-turtle research, original photographs and later conservation documentation.
The centre of the story is conservation fieldwork. The Pirates of the Caribbean connection is one documented episode within that wider professional record.
Field record
- Location
- Dominica, Eastern Caribbean
- Documented period
- 2003–2008
- Project
- Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative (RoSTI)
- Confirmed role
- Project Manager, Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative
- Focus
- Sea-turtle conservation and monitoring
The Turtle Man and the Pirates
Rowan’s first-hand 2005 field account, situated in the conservation work taking place in Dominica.
The Turtle Man and the PiratesSea turtles
Marine biology and conservation context for the species that shaped this period of fieldwork.
Sea turtlesDiving with Giants
Continue through Rowan Byrne’s wider Dominica field archive.
Diving with GiantsDocumentary pathways
The archive connects Rowan’s first-hand account with the original visual record, RoSTI reporting, WIDECAST material, and a 2008 SWOT citation identifying his Dominica hawksbill-nesting contribution as personal communication.