26875 Data Set Published / External 24607 Galveston Historical Turtle Projects Project In Work 1995 2017 The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. To monitor growth of captive reared sea turtles Theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Caretta caretta Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA Theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0157625 Theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 157625 Theme NODC DATA TYPES ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MASS Theme NODC DATA TYPES ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center Theme body depth Theme caretta caretta Theme length Theme loggerhead Theme morphometric data Theme sea turtle Temporal 1995-2016 Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES Coastal Waters Of Texas Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES Gulf of Mexico Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES calipers Instrument ODC INSTRUMENT TYPES scale National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring MD Data Set CSV Files Table (digital) N/A N/A N/A 50721 Loggerhead Turtle Class of 2001 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 1 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 2 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 2001 3 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 6 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 Yes No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 7 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 Yes No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 10 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams 11 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 1 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 ##.# 12 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 1 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm ##.# 13 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 1 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm ##.# 14 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 Yes No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 15 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 Yes No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 18 LIVING_TAG CHARACTER 3 No No Active Living tag (Always blank) 19 CODED_WIRE_TAG CHARACTER 20 No No Active Coded wire tag (always blank) 20 LOCATION_3 CHARACTER 20 No No Active location of coded wire tag. (Always blank) 21 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 22 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 Yes No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 30 NOTES/COMMENTS CHARACTER 300 Yes No Active Comments on release. Either the Latitude/Longitude or a textual comment 50742 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 40 Group Character 5 Yes No Active A subset of sea turtles recorded separately for specific research, health or behavior 50 Raceway Numeric 1 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 60 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 180 PIT_TAG_CODE_2 CHARACTER 35 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the Second transponder. 190 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_2 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the Second PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50743 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 40 Group Character 5 Yes No Active A subset of sea turtles recorded separately for specific research, health or behavior 50 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 55 Position Character No No Active Position 60 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 180 PIT_TAG_CODE_2 CHARACTER 35 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the Second transponder. 190 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_2 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the Second PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50745 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 40 Group Character 5 Yes No Active A subset of sea turtles recorded separately for specific research, health or behavior 50 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 55 Position Character No No Active Position 60 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 180 PIT_TAG_CODE_2 CHARACTER 35 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the Second transponder. 190 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_2 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the Second PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50746 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 25 CONSECUTIVE_ TURTLE_ NUMBER Numeric 3 No No Active CONSECUTIVE TURTLE NUMBER 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 40 Group Character 5 Yes No Active A subset of sea turtles recorded separately for specific research, health or behavior 45 Nest Character 10 No No Active Nest 50 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 55 Position Character No No Active Position 60 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 180 PIT_TAG_CODE_2 CHARACTER 35 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the Second transponder. 190 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_2 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the Second PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50747 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 50 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 55 Position Character No No Active Position 60 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 180 PIT_TAG_CODE_2 CHARACTER 35 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the Second transponder. 190 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_2 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the Second PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50748 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 50 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 55 Position Character No No Active Position 60 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 180 PIT_TAG_CODE_2 CHARACTER 35 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the Second transponder. 190 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_2 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the Second PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50749 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 50 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 55 Position Character No No Active Position 60 Row Character 10 No No Active Row 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50761 Published / External Superseded From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period. Columns were misaligned for this entity. A correction file was made available in the archive on August 23, 2018 Please do not use this file for analysis Spreadsheet No The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. (This file is misaligned please do not use and use the corrected file instead) 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 50 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 52 Column Numeric 2 Yes No Active Sequential Number That Resets by change in Nest or Meausurement_Date 52 ROW CHARACTER 20 No No Active ROW 55 Position Character No No Active Position 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50762 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 45 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 50 Crate Character 10 No No Active Crate 55 ROW Character 10 No No Active Row 60 Position Character No No Active Position 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 190 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_2 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the Second PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 Release_date Date 10 No No Active Release Date MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50781 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period. Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 47 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 51 Crate Character 10 No No Active Crate 58 ROW CHARACTER 20 No No Active ROW 59 Column Numeric 2 No No Active Column 60 Position Character No No Active Position 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50782 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period. Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 35 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 40 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 45 Crate Character 10 No No Active Crate 50 ROW CHARACTER 20 No No Active ROW 52 Column Numeric 2 No No Active Column 56 Position Character No No Active Position 60 FCA_ID Character No No Active FCA_ID 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50783 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period. Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 47 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 51 Crate Character 10 No No Active Crate 58 ROW CHARACTER 20 No No Active ROW 59 Column Numeric 2 No No Active Column 60 Position Character No No Active Position 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50801 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period. Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 47 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 51 Crate Character 10 No No Active Crate 58 ROW CHARACTER 20 No No Active ROW 59 Column Numeric 2 No No Active Column 60 Position Character No No Active Position 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 230 SEX Character 7 No No Active Sex of the Turtle (Female or Male) not present in all record Female Male 300 Comments CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50802 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period. Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 47 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 51 Crate Character 10 No No Active Crate 58 ROW CHARACTER 20 No No Active ROW 59 Column Numeric 2 No No Active Column 60 Position Character No No Active Position 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Comments CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. 50803 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period. Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 47 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 51 Crate Character 10 No No Active Crate 58 ROW CHARACTER 20 No No Active ROW 59 Column Numeric 2 No No Active Column 60 Position Character No No Active Position 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. 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Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 50974 Published / External Completed Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset Data Table Yes Column Definitions Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set 20 Original Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file 30 Revised Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table. 40 Data Description Character 150 Yes No Active The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column 50 Data Type Character 12 Yes No Active Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column Character Number 60 Data Length Numeric 4 Yes No 0 Active The length of the corresponding field in question 70 Number of Decimal Places Numeric 2 No No Active Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question I 100 Required? Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 50975 Published / External Completed Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset Data Table Yes Column Definitions Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set 20 Original Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file 30 Revised Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table. 40 Data Description Character 150 Yes No Active The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column 50 Data Type Character 12 Yes No Active Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column Character Number 60 Data Length Numeric 4 Yes No 0 Active The length of the corresponding field in question 70 Number of Decimal Places Numeric 2 No No Active Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question I 100 Required? Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 50976 Published / External Completed Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset Data Table Yes Column Definitions Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set 20 Original Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file 30 Revised Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table. 40 Data Description Character 150 Yes No Active The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column 50 Data Type Character 12 Yes No Active Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column Character Number 60 Data Length Numeric 4 Yes No 0 Active The length of the corresponding field in question 70 Number of Decimal Places Numeric 2 No No Active Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question I 100 Required? Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 50977 Published / External Completed Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset Data Table Yes Column Definitions Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set 20 Original Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file 30 Revised Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table. 40 Data Description Character 150 Yes No Active The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column 50 Data Type Character 12 Yes No Active Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column Character Number 60 Data Length Numeric 4 Yes No 0 Active The length of the corresponding field in question 70 Number of Decimal Places Numeric 2 No No Active Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question I 100 Required? Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 50980 Published / External Completed Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset Data Table Yes Column Definitions Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set 20 Original Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file 30 Revised Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table. 40 Data Description Character 150 Yes No Active The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column 50 Data Type Character 12 Yes No Active Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column Character Number 60 Data Length Numeric 4 Yes No 0 Active The length of the corresponding field in question 70 Number of Decimal Places Numeric 2 No No Active Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question I 100 Required? Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 50982 Published / External Completed Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset Data Table Yes Column Definitions Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set 20 Original Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file 30 Revised Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table. 40 Data Description Character 150 Yes No Active The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column 50 Data Type Character 12 Yes No Active Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column Character Number 60 Data Length Numeric 4 Yes No 0 Active The length of the corresponding field in question 70 Number of Decimal Places Numeric 2 No No Active Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question I 100 Required? Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 50985 Published / External Completed Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset Data Table Yes Column Definitions Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set 20 Original Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file 30 Revised Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table. 40 Data Description Character 150 Yes No Active The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column 50 Data Type Character 12 Yes No Active Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column Character Number 60 Data Length Numeric 4 Yes No 0 Active The length of the corresponding field in question 70 Number of Decimal Places Numeric 2 No No Active Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question I 100 Required? Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 50986 Published / External Completed Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset Data Table Yes Column Definitions Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set 20 Original Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file 30 Revised Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table. 40 Data Description Character 150 Yes No Active The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column 50 Data Type Character 12 Yes No Active Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column Character Number 60 Data Length Numeric 4 Yes No 0 Active The length of the corresponding field in question 70 Number of Decimal Places Numeric 2 No No Active Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question I 100 Required? Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 50987 Published / External Completed Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset Data Table Yes Column Definitions Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set 20 Original Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file 30 Revised Variable Name Character 40 Yes No Active This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table. 40 Data Description Character 150 Yes No Active The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column 50 Data Type Character 12 Yes No Active Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column Character Number 60 Data Length Numeric 4 Yes No 0 Active The length of the corresponding field in question 70 Number of Decimal Places Numeric 2 No No Active Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question I 100 Required? Character 7 Yes No Active Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table Yes No 53386 Published / External Completed From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance. There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period. The original supplied file was misaligned so this correct file was made available in the archive on August 23, 2018 Spreadsheet Yes The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight. 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 22 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases C.caretta It is always C.caretta Must be C.caretta 20 YEARCLASS NUMERIC 4 Yes No Active Year in which sea turtle hatched. 30 MEASUREMENT_DATE Date 10 Yes No Active Date on which the measurement was recorded MM/DD/YYYY 45 Nest Character 10 Yes No Active Nest 50 Raceway Character 6 Yes No Active The location in which the sea turtle was housed 52 Column Numeric 2 Yes No Active Sequential Number That Resets by change in Nest or Meausurement_Date 52 ROW CHARACTER 20 No No Active ROW 55 Position Character No No Active Position 65 FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 6 No No Active Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers SSS801 70 FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached 100 WEIGHT_G NUMERIC 8 Yes No 1 Active Weight if Turttle in grams grams ##.# 110 LENGTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace cm 48.3 #.## 120 WIDTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace cm #.## 130 DEPTH_CM NUMERIC 5 Yes No 2 Active Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters. cm #.## 140 PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER 15 No No Active Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder. 150 PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER 20 No No Active The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle 210 RELEASE_DATE Date 10 No No Active Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild. MM/DD/YYYY 220 RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER 100 No No Active Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild. 300 Notes CHARACTER 300 No No Active Comments on release. Data Steward 1995 Person Higgins, Benjamin ben.higgins@noaa.gov 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 409-766-3670 Contact by email preferred. Distributor 2017 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. Online Resource Metadata Contact 1995 Person Higgins, Benjamin ben.higgins@noaa.gov 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 409-766-3670 Contact by email preferred. Originator 1995 Organization Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC https://ror.org/0396y0w87 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center About SEFSC Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST Point of Contact 2015 Person Baumer, Tim J tim.baumer@noaa.gov 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 409-766-3784 Contact by email preferred. Ground Condition -94.819688 -94.81456 29.278028 29.274811 Gulf Of Mexico Continuing 1995 Standard CC0-1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). Unclassified None None Download From provided url None Not for use in litigation. Please cite appropriately. None Please cite appropriately. https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0102/0157625/2.2/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/26875/ 2017 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 Homepage of Archive for InPort Catalog ID 26875. One may navigate from here to download the files associated with this dataset Multiple formats Uncompressed Chked Viruses Inapp Content https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625 Landing Page NCEI Accession 015765 Online Resource Higgins, Benjamin (2017). 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