Marine turtle tagging program: tagging data for nesting turtles and netted and released turtles. 1994 activities summary.

Abstract

In 1986 the Sarasota County Natural Resources Department initiated a tagging study on female loggerhead turtles during the peak nesting season (June and July) on the most active nesting beach in the Sarasota-Charlotte County area, Manasota Key on the west coast of Florida. Mote Marine Laboratory joined in their efforts in 1987 and began tagging on the second most active beach, Casey Key. These studies continued through the current project which describes tagging survey activities that were conducted nightly from June 1 through August 6, 1994.