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Gabon 2007-08: Mayumba, Leatherback Turtles

A project of Marine Turtle Research Group.

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Species: Leatherback
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2008-03-06 21:12:43
Release Location: Mayumba, Gabon
Last Location: 2008-10-09 18:25:21

Adoptive Parents:
Raquel M. Hutto
Jeff and Laura Bate
Dawn Sephton
Amanda Lovell

Background

This was the first leatherback turtle tagged during the 2008 expedition. She had a curved carapace length of 156 cm and a curved carapace width of 110 cm. She was tagged with a Kiwisat 202 platform terminal transmitter (PTT) specially designed by Sirtrack for attachment to leatherback sea turtles. Following the attachment of the satellite transmitter flipper tags were applied to the rear flipper area. Left tag was ASF 14458, right tag was ASF 14459.