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Penasquita - Iniciativa Carey del Pacifico Oriental - ICAPO - Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative
A project of NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
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Map of Peñasquita´s movements after release from Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point), Sonora, Mexico
Background
Peñasquita (also known as Raquel) was released during a large public event from the CETMAR (Center for Technical Studies of the Ocean) aquarium in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico on the 24th of October, 2008. She was originally brought to the center by fishermen that had incidentally caught her in their nets. At a total of more than 90cm and 70 kg, Peñasquita presents a unique opportunity for the study of hawksbill turtles in the eastern Pacific as she is the first adult hawksbill ever equipped with a satellite transmitter on the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
The satellite tag was donated by the National Marine Fisheries Service's Southwest Fisheries Science Center and project activities were made possible through the close collaboration between Proyecto ¡CAREY! del Pacífico Oriental and CETMAR No. 14 from Puerto Peñasco.
- The presentation of data here does not constitute publication. All data remain copyright of the project partners. Maps or data on this website may not be used or referenced without the explicit written consent of the data owners.
- For more information please visit the project website.
- This map connects positions generated by the ARGOS system designated as location class (lc) '3', '2', '1', '0', 'A', 'B'. Locations that have been "filtered" are displayed as small red dots.
- This maps also shows locations of class 'Z', 'X' as small black dots which are not connected by a route line.
- Bathymetry layers are derived from the GEBCO One Minute Grid.
- Sea surface temperature and chlorophyll are derived from NASA's Ocean Color data.
- Ocean currents and sea surface heights are derived from AVISO's Ssalto/Duacs Gridded Absolute Dynamic Topography & absolute geostrophic velocities data.