In Odisha, the forest department has stepped up patrolling in the area to check illegal fishing, after carcasses of over 7O endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles were recovered from the Ganjam coast.Forest officials said the carcasses of the endangered species were recovered during the last one month, eight of them two days ago, from the area close to mass nesting site of Olive Ridley turtles in river Rushikulya mouth.The turtles come every year to the sandy beach from Purunabandh to Gokarakuda off Ganjam coast for mass nesting.The area is considered the second biggest mass nesting site in the world after Gahiramatha.Now several pairs of turtles are seen mating in the sea before they crawl to the shore to lay eggs.Wildlife activists say that most of the turtles died after being hit by propellers of trawlers or after getting entangled in fishing nets.