Green Sea Turtle

Green sea turtle meat is a dense, dark-fleshed protein with a distinctive marine flavour that sits somewhere between beef and fish. It has been consumed for centuries across the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean, where it featured in traditional feasts and colonial-era turtle soup.

In Australia, green sea turtles are a protected species and their harvest is restricted to Indigenous communities exercising traditional hunting rights. The meat holds deep cultural significance for many First Nations peoples of northern Australia and the Torres Strait Islands, where it remains part of customary diet and ceremony.

Outside of these traditional contexts, green sea turtle meat is not commercially available in Australia. Its historical prominence in global cuisine has declined sharply due to conservation protections enacted in response to severe population declines during the 20th century.