Sea turle biological data form

Observer ID

CC
CM
DC
EI
LV
UH
UT

Species Code

Loggerhead
Green
Leatherback
Hawksbill
Olive Ridley
Unid. Hard Shell
Unidentified

DOC/NOAA Fisheries
Pacific Islands Region
Longline Observer Program
Sea Turtle Biological Data Form

Trip No.
Set No.
Photo?

Catch Form Page No.

Specimen?
Catch Form Line No.

Sketch?
Tag?
Comment?

Capture

(Enter comments on back of this form.)

Release

Day

Month

Year

Hour

Minute

Day

Decimal Min.

.

Latitude
Deg.

Decimal Min.

E/W

Hooking/Entanglement
Y Yes
N No
U Unknown

Hooked ?

Hook Location
Entangle Location

Gear Removal

0
0

01
02
03
04
05
06
07

00
01
02
03
04
05
06
99

Hour

Decimal Min.

Deg.

Longitude

Decimal Min.

Tags
Removed?
E/W
Tags
Applied?

.

Measurements
Round to the nearest half cm.

(N implies carapace is covered w/ scutes.)

Overlapping Scutes?

Ingested (in esophagus)
Head/Beak/Mouth
Wing/Front Flipper
Body/Shell
Unknown
Tail
Leg/Foot/Rear Flipper

Unknown
Fell from gear, point unknown
Fell from gear while in water.
Fell from gear once out of water.
Fell from gear by force of roller.
Removal req. cutting gear/animal
Removal with no cutting.
Other

01 Previously dead
02 Relsd. unharmed
03 Relsd. injured
04 Died
05 Escaped
06 Treated as catch
07 Other/Unknown

N/S

.

Skin Covered Carapace?

Entangled ?

Disposition Code

Minute

0

Morphology

X None
H Hook
L Line
B Both Hook and Line
Describe hook or line and length left on animal:

Remaining Gear

Y Yes
N No
U Unk.

Tags
Present?

.

Longitude

Deg.

Latitude

Landed

Year

2 0

N/S

Inframarginal scutes with pores?

Y Yes
N No
U Unknown

Carapace Length

.

cm

Carapace Width
(curved)

.

cm

Plastron Length

.

cm

.

cm

Carapace Length

.

cm

Carapace Width

.

cm

(curved)

One pair of prefrontal scales?
(N implies more than one pair.)

Carapace Scute Counts

Deg.

Month

Date/Time

2 0

Date/Time

(Enter the no. of scutes in the boxes.)

No. of Left Costal Scutes
No. of Right Costal Scutes

Dorsal Coloration

0

Tail Length

01 Orange/Red
02 Grayish
03 Other, give color below

No. of Vertebral Scutes

(straight)

Other dorsal color:
No. of Inframarginal Scutes

(straight)

Light Device
Complete only if light devices were used and the light device type has been indicated on the gear configuration form.

Color
Code

01
02
03
04
05

Blue
Green
Black
Pink
White

06
07
08
09
10

Yellow
Magenta
Mixed
Other
Clear

11 Red
12 Orange
13 Silver/Metal

Proximity
Code

0

00
01
02
03
04

On this branch line
Light is 1 branch line away
Light is 2 branch lines away
Light is 3 branch lines away
None in vicinity
form v. TR.04.06

From front of this form

Observer ID

DOC/NOAA Fisheries
Pacific Islands Region
Longline Observer Program

Trip No.
Page No.
Catch Form Page No.
Catch Form Line No.

Sea Turtle Biological Data Form Comments
Comments:

Injuries Description:

Identifying Characteristics:

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