Grupo Tortuguero: Pacific Sea Turtle Tracking

A project of Grupo Tortuguero Tracking Project.

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Species: Loggerhead
Life Stage: Juvenile
Gender: unknown
Release Date: 1998-07-03 00:00:00
Release Location: off Santa Rosaliita, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Last Location: 1998-10-09 23:47:44

Background

This juvenile loggerhead was the first sea turtle of the 1998 project. Lupita was a 158 lb. loggerhead that was released with a satellite transmitter near Santa Rosaliita, Baja Californina, Mexico. She is the first of three turtles begin tracking this summer. This turtle is truly in the ocean wilderness and probably encounters only the rare fishing boat. Still, the nets and hooks of tuna and shark fishermen are a threat as we have seen in the past.