Green sea turtle

Photo: vosswelch · CC BY-NC

Green sea turtles feed on the seagrass beds adjacent to Stella Maris Reef and are regularly encountered grazing in the shallows or resting on coral heads. Long Island sits within the broader Bahamas green turtle population that has shown encouraging recovery under protection. These turtles are grazers rather than hunters — their role in cropping seagrass maintains the short-grass meadows that support diverse invertebrate communities.