Summary of NOAA Galveston rehabilitated sea turtles held temporarily at offsite holding facilities
Data Set (DS) | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26900 | Updated: March 4, 2026 | Published / External
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Summary
Short Citation
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2026: Summary of NOAA Galveston rehabilitated sea turtles held temporarily at offsite holding facilities, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26900.
Full Citation Examples
The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory and placed at offsite holding facilities awaiting release back into the wild.
Monitor the growth of sea turtles rehabilitated by the NOAA Sea Turtle Facility
Data Access & Downloads
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XLS - Microsoft Excel, 1
ONLINE RESOURCE
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Parent Page Of To Download the data files for this catalog ID
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None
Child Items
| Type | Title |
|---|---|
| Entity | Codes and Values Explained |
| Entity | Column Definitions |
| Entity | Turtles at Offsite Holding Facilities (Corrected Column Names) |
| Entity | Turtles at Offsite Holding Facilities (Original Column Names) |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Tim J Baumer
tim.baumer@noaa.gov
409-766-3784
Metadata Contact
Benjamin Higgins
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
409-766-3670
Extents
-94.819688° W,
-94.81456° E,
29.278028° N,
29.274811° S
Gulf Of Mexico
2010 - Present
Item Identification
| Title: | Summary of NOAA Galveston rehabilitated sea turtles held temporarily at offsite holding facilities |
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| Status: | In Work |
| Creation Date: | 2010 |
| Abstract: |
The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory and placed at offsite holding facilities awaiting release back into the wild. |
| Purpose: |
Monitor the growth of sea turtles rehabilitated by the NOAA Sea Turtle Facility |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER | 0157625 |
| NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER | 157625 |
| NODC DATA TYPES | ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MASS |
| None | Caretta caretta |
| None | Chelonia mydas |
| None | Eretmochelys imbricata |
| None | green sea turtle |
| None | hawksbill |
| None | Kemp's ridley |
| None | Lepidochelys kempii |
| None | loggerhead |
| None | rehabilitation |
| None | sea turtle |
Temporal Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | 2010-present |
Spatial Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| NODC SEA AREA NAMES | Coastal Waters Of Texas |
| NODC SEA AREA NAMES | Gulf of Mexico |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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| Data Set Type: | MS Excel Spreadsheet |
| Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
| Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Support Roles
Data Steward
| Date Effective From: | 2010 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Higgins, Benjamin |
| Address: |
4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551 |
| Email Address: | ben.higgins@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 409-766-3670 |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Distributor
| Date Effective From: | 2017 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Organization): | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |
| Address: | |
| ROR: | https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 |
| Email Address: | ncei.info@noaa.gov |
| URL: | NCEI Contact Information |
Metadata Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2010 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Higgins, Benjamin |
| Address: |
4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551 |
| Email Address: | ben.higgins@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 409-766-3670 |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Point of Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2010 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Baumer, Tim J |
| Address: |
4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551 |
| Email Address: | tim.baumer@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 409-766-3784 |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Principal Investigator
| Date Effective From: | 2010 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Higgins, Benjamin |
| Address: |
4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551 |
| Email Address: | ben.higgins@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 409-766-3670 |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Extents
| Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
| W° Bound: | -94.819688 | |
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| E° Bound: | -94.81456 | |
| N° Bound: | 29.278028 | |
| S° Bound: | 29.274811 | |
| Description |
Gulf Of Mexico |
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Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
| Time Frame Type: | Continuing |
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| Start: | 2010 |
Access Information
| Security Class: | Unclassified |
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| Security Handling Description: |
None |
| Data Access Policy: |
None |
| Data Access Procedure: |
Download from specified url |
| Data Access Constraints: |
None |
| Data Use Constraints: |
None |
| Metadata Access Constraints: |
None |
| Metadata Use Constraints: |
None |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
| Download URL: | https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0157625 |
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| Distributor: | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2017 - Present) |
| Description: |
ONLINE RESOURCE |
| File Type (Deprecated): | SPREADSHEET (MICROSOFT EXCEL) |
| Distribution Format: | XLS - Microsoft Excel |
| File Size: | 1 |
| Review Status: | Not Chked |
Distribution 2
| Download URL: | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625/2.2/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/26900/ |
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| Distributor: | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2017 - Present) |
| Description: |
Parent Page Of To Download the data files for this catalog ID |
| File Type (Deprecated): | Multiple formats |
| Compression: | Uncompressed |
| Review Status: | Not Chked |
Data Quality
| Completeness Measure: |
Data is generally and all data is usable. Please see any comments for special issues |
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| Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
None |
Data Management
| Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | No |
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| Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | 0 |
| Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
| Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
| If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: | No |
| Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | 365 |
| If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed: |
N/A |
| Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | NCEI-MS |
| Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | 365 |
| How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
The data resides on a secure database server only accessible through the NMFS network requiring separate multi-factor authentication for both network and database access. |
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Process Steps
Process Step 1
| Description: |
None |
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| Process Contact: | Higgins, Benjamin |
| Email Address: | ben.higgins@noaa.gov |
| Phone (Voice): | 409-766-3670 |
Child Items
Rubric scores updated every 15m
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Type | Title |
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| Entity | Codes and Values Explained | |
| Entity | Column Definitions | |
| Entity | Turtles at Offsite Holding Facilities (Corrected Column Names) | |
| Entity | Turtles at Offsite Holding Facilities (Original Column Names) |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 26900 |
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| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26900 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Benjamin Higgins |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2015-09-04 14:21+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2026-03-04 19:17+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2021-04-29 |
| Owner Org: | SEFSC |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2021-04-29 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2022-04-29 |