PIR Marine Turtle In Water Captures & Observations PIR Marine Turtle In Water Captures & Observations eng Dataset MTBAP PIFSC PSD observation ocean capture pacific sea turtle Date American Samoa CNMI Guam Hawaiian Islands Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Pacific Ocean Effective management of marine turtle data is essential to maximize their research value and enable timely population assessments and recovery monitoring. To provide such capabilities at the National Marine Fisheries Service, a comprehensive Turtle Data Processing System (TDPS, formally called Marine Turtle Data Management System) was created. The system was written in DBase III and Clipper and implemented on IBM/PC-compatible computers running under MS-DOS. As of 2003, TDPS was upgraded into Microsoft Access. The TDPS is modular, supporting data of various types. Cross-referencing and multiple-encounter analysis are enabled through a core database file of individual turtle identifications, based on uniquely-inscribed flipper tags and passive-integrative transponder tags. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5449 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/2709 northlimit=28.217525; eastlimit=-154.789191; southlimit=-14.560291; westlimit=144.617408; name=Nearshore waters and shorelines of the Hawaiian Archipelago in the north, American Samoa in the south, and the Mariana Archipelago in the west.; start=1976-08-10; NA 2015