50677 Entity Published / External 30676 Summary of sea turtles rehabilitated at NOAA Galveston 2001-2016 Data Set Completed The NOAA Galveston Laboratory has been raising sea turtles continously in captivity since 1977. As the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network [STSSN] local represenatative for the upper Texas Gulf coast [coast is divided into 4 areas - upper, middle, Padre Island National Seashore and lower], we respond to sea turtle strandings, dead or alive. We document dead sea turtles, conduct a necropsy in an attempt to determine cause of death, collect biological samples if required, and dispose of the carcass. Live turtles are returned to the NOAA Galveston Laboratory where they are cared for in the sea turtle hospital. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is not mandated to run a sea turtle hospital, but we do, because we have the capability to do so and there are no other local resources with the expertise to treat and house sick and injured sea turtles. Sea turtles receive medical attention from our attending veterinarians and The Houston Zoo, Inc., provides the bulk of those medical services free of charge. Once sea turtles are treated, recovered/rehabilitated and medically cleared, they are released either offshore or into Galveston Bay depending on the species, size and age of the turtle. We try to release sea turtles back into the wild where they would be normally found at that size and maturity. The Gulf of Mexico in Galveston seasonally supports healthy sea turtles from April to October. By November of each year, the coastal waters become too cold to support healthy sea turtles. Sea turtles that strand after October or that are still receiving treatment in October, are usually held over the winter and released the following spring. Occassionally, turtles that require holding over the winter are sent to The Houston Zoo, Inc., Moody Gardens, or Texas A&M University at Galveston for over-wintering. To track the annual number of sea turtles that are rehabilitated by the NOAA Sea Turtle Facility hospital in 2013 Please note that there are extensive changes between the 2012 and 2013 tables. Theme Caretta caretta Theme Chelonia mydas Theme Dermochelys coriacea Theme Eretomochelys imbricata Theme Lepidochelys kempii Theme Rehabilitation Theme Sea Turtle Theme species Temporal 2011-2013 Spatial Galveston Spatial Gulf Of Mexico Spatial Texas National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring MD Spreadsheet The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory. Data includes the number of each species rehabilitated and the year in which each sea turtle was rehabilitated. Things Added There are additional columns added to indicate the year the turtle was taken for rehabilitation when counted it counting turtles released from rehabilitation. New columns are shown below Rehabilitated 2012 turtles released in 2013 [December 31, 2013] Rehabilitated 2011 turtles released in 2013 [December 31, 2013] Rehabilitated 2013 Turtles Released Total Number Rehabiltated and Released Also added columns involving running totals to present and Numbers undergoing rehabilitation at a facility other than the NMFS Galveston Facility Running total 2001-Present [December 31, 2013] Number Currently at Offsite Holding Facility [December 31, 2013] Things Removed Table no longer has summary rows containing turtle rehabilitation numbers by previous years 10 SPECIES CHARACTER 35 Yes No Active Genus and species of sea turtle 20 Rehabilitated 2012 turtles released in 2013 [December 31, 2013] NUMERIC 2 Yes No Active Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2012 released in 2013 [December 31, 2013] 25 Rehabilitated 2011 turtles released in 2013 [December 31, 2013] Numeric 2 Yes No Active Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2011 released in 2013 [December 31, 2013] 28 Rehabilitated 2013 Turtles Released Number 2 Yes No Active Number of Turtles Taken in 2013 For Rehabilitation Released in 2013 Rehabilitated 2012 turtles released in 2013 [December 31, 2013] Rehabilitated Sum of the three columns listing turtle rehabilitation for the year 2011 turtles released in 2013 [December 31, 2013], Rehabilitated 2012 turtles released in 2013 [December 31, 2013], Rehabilitated 2013 Turtles Released 30 Total Number Rehabiltated and Released Numeric 3 Yes No Active Total Number of Turtles Rehabilitated and Released in the current year (2013) Sum of the Columns: Rehabilitated 2012 turtles released in 2013 [December 31, 2013], Rehabilitated 2011 turtles released in 2013 [December 31, 2013], Rehabilitated 2013 Turtles Released 40 Number Died During Rehabilitation NUMERIC 2 Yes No Active The number of sea turtles that died during rehabilitation 43 Number Currently in Rehabiltation [December 31, 2013] NUMERIC 3 Yes No Active The number of sea turtles that are currently in rehabilitation as of [December 31, 2013] 45 Total NUMERIC 3 Yes No Active Total number of sea turtles released in the current year 50 Running total 2001-Present [December 31, 2013] Numeric 3 Yes No Active Cumulative Running Total Rehabilitated For This species from 2001 until [December 31, 2013] which is the last day data was collected in the year corresponding to this is the turtle rehabilitation table. 60 Number Currently on Medication [December 31, 2013] Numeric 3 Yes No Active Number of Turtles Currently on Medication as of 12/31/2013 90 Number Currently at Offsite Holding Facility [December 31, 2013] NUMERIC 3 Yes No Active Number of Sea Turtles Currently at Offsite Holding Facility [December 31, 2013] Data Steward 2001 Person Higgins, Benjamin ben.higgins@noaa.gov 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 409-766-3670 Contact by email preferred. 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Point of Contact 2016 Person Baumer, Tim J tim.baumer@noaa.gov 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 409-766-3784 Contact by email preferred. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625/3.3/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/30676/CSV/2013.csv 2017 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 2013.csv 2013 Turtles Rehabilitation File tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format) CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) Uncompressed Not Chked gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50677 Lee Weinberger 2017-12-06T07:53:34 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:17 2021-04-29 Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 www.sefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 1001 Public No 2021-04-29 1 Year 2022-04-29