118843

Sea Turtles of Dominica

A project of DomSeTCO.

click map for full-size version 118843 (Leatherback) is 202 km SW of the coast of Portugal and 1317 km from Funchal

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Species: Leatherback
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2012-05-14 01:05:00
Release Location: Rosalie Bay, Dominica
Last Location: 2013-02-18 20:30:08

Background

118843 was tagged as she was laying her eggs on Rosalie Bay beach. The beach is patrolled every night to help prevent poaching of both adult females and their eggs. A direct tag attachment method was used.