Gulf Coast Aerial Survey (SeTS)

General Information

Project Type(s):

Site Name:Gulf Coast Aerial Survey (SeTS)

Site Reference Number:45

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Approximate Latitude: Approximate Longitude:

Principal Investigator(s):Thompson, Nancy

Point(s) of Contact:

Organizations Involved:National Marine Fisheries Service - Miami

Organization Type(s):federal agency

Project Status: Inactive

Start Date: 0

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Equipment and Methods

General Method(s) Used:aerial survey

Sampling and Effort

	Visual	Capture
Sampling regime:	unknown	unknown
Measure of effort:	unknown	unknown

Bottom Type(s):

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Min. Depth (m): Max. Depth (m):

Mean Depth (m):

Captures and Sightings Information

Species	No. of Captures	No. of Sightings	Min Size* (cm)	Max Size* (cm)	Mean Size* (cm)	FP Observed	Life Stages**
Green Turtle (Cm)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Loggerhead (Cc)	n/a	1192	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kemp's Ridley (Lk)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hawksbill (Ei)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Leatherback (Dc)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

*All size measurements are SSCL unless otherwise indicated
** For Cm, Cc, Lk, & Ei: O - Oceanic-stage juvenile; N - Neritic-stage juvenile; S - Subadult; A - Adult. For Dc: I - Immature; A - Adult. n/a = not applicable; n/r = not reported.

This report adheres to the following size ranges for life stage classification for these species:

	Green turtle	Loggerhead	Kemp's ridley	Hawksbill
Oceanic-stage juvenile	< 25 cm SCL	< 30 cm SCL	< 25 cm SCL	< 25 cm SCL
Neritic-stage juvenile	25-69 cm SCL	30-69 cm SCL	25-39 cm SCL	25-64 cm SCL
Subadult	70-84 cm SCL	70-79 cm SCL	40-59 cm SCL	65-74 cm SCL
Adult	≥ 85 cm SCL	≥ 80 cm SCL	≥ 60 cm SCL	≥ 75 cm SCL

	Leatherback
Immature	< 135 cm OCL
Adult	≥ 135 cm OCL

Other Information Collected

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Literature/Reports Produced

Thompson, N.B., Scott Denton, E., Koi, D.B., Martinez, A., and Mullin, K. 1991. Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico: Pelagic distributions and commercial shrimp trawling. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-286, 12p.