24607
Galveston Turtle Projects
Project
Published / External
64579
SEFSC Marine Turtle
Project
This is a compilation of several data sets related to the Galveston Texas Seaturtle Headstart program. Most notable is the Kemp's ridley headstart program [1978-1992] which captive reared up to 2,000 Kemp's ridley hatchlings per year until they were large enough to receive up to 4 tags, then they were released into the wild in the Gulf of Mexico. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. This data package also contains data from the seawater intake pump. Water quality data is recorded during the intake of seawater through the intake lines. This data package also contains a summary of bacteria found in the turtle tanks. In order to maintain healthy reared sea turtle swabs were taken and tested for several different bacteria.
Theme
SEFSC
GalLab Metadata Portfolio
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/noaa-releases-79-florida-loggerhead-sea-turtles-wild
NOAA Releases 79 Florida Loggerhead Sea Turtles into the Wild
Online Resource
NOAA Fisheries scientists and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released 79 loggerhead sea turtles into the ocean off Floridaâs east coast. The turtles were raised in captivity as part of a unique program to test devices used during commercial fishing operations to reduce sea turtle bycatch and mortality.
The turtles were part of 2 weeks of testing that took place near Panama City, Florida in mid-June. Scientists from NOAAâs Southeast Fisheries Science Center evaluated the effectiveness of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) in shrimp trawls. âThis work is so important to the survival of endangered sea turtles,â said NOAA biologist Ben Higgins.
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0157625
NCEI Accession 0157625 Landing Page
Online Resource
The Home Page For The NCEI Archive For This Project. From This Page, One can navigate down to the (archived) data.
CC
Caretta caretta (scientific name for loggerhead sea turtle)
CMTTP
Cooperative Marine Turtle Tagging Program
FCA
First Care Area, a semi-quarantine area within the Turtle Barn where turtles receive treatment for various ailments
PIT
Integrated Transponder. A radio frequency identification tag used on sea turtles
RFF
Right front flipper
RW
Raceway, a rectangular holding tank 20' long by 6' wide by 2' or 3' deep
TED
Turtle Excluder Device
VIP
A person or persons who came through on a sea turtle tour that were part of a special group designated by the laboratory director, visiting researchers, officials, and dignitaries
W&M
process of weighing and measuring the turtles
WL
Wetlab buidling
26906
Data Set
Captive sea turtle rearing inventory, feeding, and water chemistry in Galveston Lab rearing tanks
26901
Data Set
Cooperative Marine Turtle Tagging Program sea turtle tagging records on rehabilitated and released sea turtles from NOAA Galveston
26905
Data Set
First Care Area Logs for captive loggerhead and Kemps ridley sea turtles 2003-2014
26904
Data Set
Mark recapture database for head started Kemp's ridleys 1978-1992
26907
Data Set
Monthly morphometric data on captive Kemps ridley sea turtles from 1998-2014
26875
Data Set
Monthly morphometric data on captive loggerhead sea turtles 1995-present
26900
Data Set
Summary of NOAA Galveston rehabilitated sea turtles held temporarily at offsite holding facilities
26903
Data Set
Summary of bacteria found in captive sea turtles 2002-Present
26883
Data Set
Summary of recreational hook and line caught sea turtles documented by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory
26902
Data Set
Summary of satellite tagged sea turtles at NOAA Galveston 2002-2016
26881
Data Set
Summary of sea turtle strandings documented by NOAA Galveston 1989-Present
30676
Data Set
Summary of sea turtles rehabilitated at NOAA Galveston 2001-2016
26877
Data Set
Summary of seawater chemistry taken from the beach pump intakes
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:24607
James Primrose
2015-04-24T11:06:31
Lee Weinberger
2023-07-03T08:26:17
2021-04-29
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
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