Sea turle biological data form

DOC/NOAA Fisheries
Pacific Islands Region
Longline Observer Program

Trip No.
Set No.

Sea Turtle Biological Data Form
504
502
506
503
505
500
501

Species Code

Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Unid. Hard Shell Sea Turtle
Unidentified Sea Turtle

Photo?

Associated Form Code

Specimen?
Associated Form Page No.

Sketch?
Tag?

Associated Form Line No.

Comment?

Capture

(Enter comments on back of this form.)

Release

Day

Month

Year

Hour

Minute

Day

Decimal Min.

Latitude

N/S

.
Deg.

Decimal Min.

Longitude

E/W

.

Hook Location

01
03
04
05
Entangle Location 06
07
20

Gear Removal

Y Yes
N No
U Unknown

Unknown
Fell from gear while in water.
Fell from gear once out of water.
Removal req. cutting gear/animal
Removal with no cutting.
Dehooker
Other

Minute

Deg.

Tags
Removed?

.
Deg.

03 Relsd. injured
04 Died

Decimal Min. N/S

Decimal Min.

Longitude

Disposition Code

0

E/W
Tags
Applied?

.

Measurements
Round to the nearest half cm.

Skin Covered Carapace?

Entangled ?

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

Remaining Gear

Hour

Morphology

Ingested (in esophagus) 10 Upper beak
Front Flipper
11 Lower beak
Body/Shell
12 Side of mouth
Unknown
13 Tongue/Glottis
Tail
14 Head/Neck
Rear Flipper
15 Roof of mouth
Other
16 Mouth unknown
00
02
03
05
06
12
99

Year

2 0

Latitude

01 Boarded w/ Dipnet
02 Boarded w/o Dipnet
03 Not Boarded
Y Yes
Tags
N No
Present?
U Unk.

Hooking/Entanglement
Hooked ?

0

Boarded

(N implies carapace is covered w/ scutes.)

Overlapping Scutes?
Inframarginal scutes with pores?

Y Yes
N No
U Unknown

Carapace Length

.

cm

Carapace Width

.

cm

.

cm

.

cm

Carapace Length

.

cm

Carapace Width

.

cm

(curved)
(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 Lateral Scutes
No. of Right Lateral Scutes

Plastron Length
(straight)

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.16.06

Associated Form Code
Associated Form Page No.

DOC/NOAA Fisheries
Pacific Islands Region
Longline Observer Program

Trip No.
Set No.

Associated Form Line No.

Sea Turtle Biological Data Form Comments
Comments:

Injuries Description:

Identifying Characteristics:

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