Carcasses of 47 Olive Ridley sea turtles, including 25 females, have been found near Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha's Ganjam district in the past two months, officials said. The forest department suspects that the turtles might have perished in the deep sea and their carcasses had been washed ashore, they said. The officials did not rule out the possibility that the animals could have died due to illegal movement of mechanised fishing trawlers near the Rushikulya river mouth. "We have taken measures to restrict movement of mechanised trawlers near the coast. This affects the breeding of turtles," said Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Berhampur, Ashish Kumar Behera.