Southwestern Florida Shelf Vessel Survey

Project Type(s):sighting

Site Name:Southwestern Florida Shelf Vessel Survey

Site Reference Number:54

Region(s):Southwest

Approximate Latitude: 25.81 Approximate Longitude: -82.13

Principal Investigator(s):Hardy, Robert F; Hirama, Tomo; Witherington, Blair E

Point(s) of Contact:Witherington, Blair E - Phone Number: (407) 938-2349, Email: Blair.Witherington@disney.com; Hirama, Tomo - Phone Number: Not Provided, Email: Tomo.Hirama@MyFWC.com; Hardy, Robert F - Phone Number: (727) 896-8626, Email: robert.hardy@myfwc.com

Organizations Involved:Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish & Wildlife Research Institute

Organization Type(s):state agency

Project Status: Inactive

Start Date: 1/2004

End Date: 12/2012

General Method(s) Used:boat survey

	Visual	Capture
Sampling regime:	opportunistically	n/a
Measure of effort:	obs/distance	none

Bottom Type(s):

Water Type Zone: neritic-pelagic Water Type Environment: marine

Min. Depth (m): 2 Max. Depth (m): 715.9

Mean Depth (m): 0

Species	No. of Captures	No. of Sightings	Min Size* (cm)	Max Size* (cm)	Mean Size* (cm)	FP Observed	Life Stages**	Comments
Green Turtle (Cm)	n/a	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	S, A
Loggerhead (Cc)	n/a	141	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	N, S, A
Kemp's Ridley (Lk)	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hawksbill (Ei)	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	S
Leatherback (Dc)	n/a	0	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 record represents observations of turtles larger than surface-pelagic post-hatchling or juvenile made as part of surface-pelagic drift community research.

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