Aragana

Uruguay Loggerheads: Trawl Bycatch 2011

A project of CICMAR - Uruguay.

click map for full-size version After 6 months, Aragana is back in Uruguayan coastal waters!!

Full-Size Map (58KB)
Zoom Map (70KB)
Animated Map (473KB)

Species: Loggerhead
Life Stage: Juvenile
Gender: Unknown
Release Date: 2011-04-05 12:00:00
Release Location: La Paloma (Rocha), Uruguay
Last Location: 2012-02-25 04:44:55

Adoptive Parents:
Cynthia Walter

Background

Aragana is a juvenile loggerhead (63 cm CCL) that was fitted with a satellite tag after being incidentally captured by a coastal bottom trawler operating in coastal waters of Uruguay, on April 4th 2011. Aragana (after “Haragana” which means “Lazy” in Spanish) took 18 hours to fully recover, and after that she was safely released at 34° 38’ S 54° 05,8’ W, very close to the town La Paloma (Rocha), Uruguay.

After 6 months, Aragana is back in Uruguayan coastal waters!!