SEA TURTLE LIFE HISTORY FORM

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#### CAPTURE INFORMATION

**TRIP** **YEAR 20** **MONTH** **DAY**

**SET/HAUL/TOW** **SPECIMEN NUMBER BY TRIP**

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### GEAR TYPE: Longline Gill Net \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Trawl\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (note time in comments) 

### GEAR DEPTH: Surface Midwater Bottom  Other \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**TIME (24 hr)** **WATER TEMP (°F)** **.**

**LATITUDE****deg****.****min N / S LONGITUDE****deg****.****min E / W**

**Did turtle slide out/escape from gear? Y / N Was turtle brought on
board? Y / N**

**[IDENTIFICATION]{.underline} (see back) Number of Photos Taken?**

**SPECIES:** **Leatherback** **Loggerhead** **Kemp's ridley** **Green**
**Hawksbill** **Olive ridley**

**Unidentified Hardshell** **Unknown**

# [CONDITION OF TURTLE AT CAPTURE]{.underline}  Injured  Uninjured  Unknown

#  (Please check injury status above as well as condition below)

**Previously dead** **Fresh dead** **Comatose Attempted resuscitation? Y
/ N**

**Alive** **Unknown (describe)** **Other (describe)**

**[IF GEAR IS A FORM OF HOOK AND LINE, COMPLETE THIS SECTION, AS
APPLICABLE:]{.underline}**

**HOOK TYPE** **"J"** **Circle** **other (describe)
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ SIZE** **/0**

**MANUFACTURER/STYLE NO.
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ DEGREE
OFFSET** **˚**

**BAIT** **Squid** **Mackerel** **Sardine** **Unknown****Other
(describe)**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**SIZE**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**Caught on hook timer? Y / N If yes, fill in time elapsed**

**Was light stick on hook? Y / N / U Circle: W**hite**,** Pin**k,
B**lue**, G**reen**,** B**l**ack, **R**ed**, Y**ellow**, P**urple**,
A**qua, **O**ther**, U**nknown

**If No, number of gangions to [next]{.underline} light stick**

**Light Stick Color (circle)? W**hite**,** Pin**k, B**lue**,
G**reen**,** B**l**ack, **R**ed**, Y**ellow**, P**urple**, A**qua**,
O**ther**, U**nknown

### Number of gangions to [next]{.underline} float 

**HOOK LOCATION**

**(circle specific location; check box if specifics are not known;
annotate drawing on reverse to indicate location as needed):**

**[N]{.underline}ot [H]{.underline}ooked** **[N]{.underline}ot
[K]{.underline}nown if Hooked** **[H]{.underline}ooked, but location
totally [U]{.underline}nknown**

**Internal:** **[U]{.underline}nknown, [i]{.underline}nternal**

**S[w]{.underline}allowed (Esophagus) Hook visible?
[V]{.underline}isible to [i]{.underline}nsertion point /
[P]{.underline}artial [h]{.underline}ook / [N]{.underline}ot
[v]{.underline}isible**

**[B]{.underline}eak/ [M]{.underline}outh (Circle one) Jaw Location
(Check one)** **upper** **lower** **side (mouth only)**

**Check one for mouth:** **[t]{.underline}ongue**
**gl[o]{.underline}ttis** **[r]{.underline}oof of [m]{.underline}outh**
**[j]{.underline}aw joint** **other (describe)**

**External:** **[U]{.underline}nknown, [e]{.underline}xternal**
**Bea[k]{.underline}/[H]{.underline}ead/[N]{.underline}eck**
**[C]{.underline}arapace/[P]{.underline}lastron**

**[F]{.underline}ront
Flipper/[S]{.underline}houlder/[A]{.underline}rmpit**
**[R]{.underline}ear Flipper/[G]{.underline}roin/Tai[l]{.underline}**

**Was hook removed from this animal? Y / N / Unknown / Not Applicable**

### Was animal entangled in gear? At capture? Y / N / Unknown At Release? Y / N / Unknown 

**How much gear (linear feet) was left on turtle when released?** **.**
**ft. (estimated/measured)**

**Estimated carapace length** **(notch-to-tip straight line):** **.**
**ft (needed only if turtle is not boated & measured)**

# BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION

# [DIMENSIONS (cm)]{.underline} Curved (measuring tape) Straight Line (calipers) Straight Line (calipers)

> **Standard Measurements** **Standard Measurements**

**Carapace Length** **.** **notch-to-tip** **.****notch-to-tip**
**.****notch-to-notch**

**Carapace Width** **.** **.**

## TAGS (identify address on each tag in the comments section)

### Flipper Tag Metal (1) Position (Flipper) Already Present (1) or Were Tags

**Number or Plastic (2) LF, RF, LR, RR Applied by Observer (2)
Removed?**

**Y / N**

**Y / N**

**Y / N**

**Y / N**

**PIT Tag**

**Scanned? Y / N**

**Living Tag (describe)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Other Tags (describe) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

## (Put PIT tag label here)

**[BIOPSY SAMPLES TAKEN?]{.underline} Y** (itemize below) **/ N** /
**U**nsuccessful **(If yes, USFWS 3-177 form may be needed)**

## RELEASE INFORMATION 

**LATITUDE** **deg****.****min N / S LONGITUDE** **deg****.****min E /
W**

### TIME (24 hr)  WATER TEMP (°F) . 

### DATE, if different from capture: YEAR 20  MONTH DAY

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## FINAL DISPOSITION

**Discarded Marked Dead/Unresponsive Carcass** **Discarded Unmarked
Dead/UnresponsiveCarcass**

**Salvaged Carcass/Parts (explain)** **Released Alive** **Taken to
Holding Facility** **Unknown (explain)**

**[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]{.underline}** **(list all biological samples
collected; describe or sketch any anomalies):**

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#### IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA

**Number of:**

**Left Lateral Scutes** **Overlapping Scutes? Y / N / U Does Nuchal
Scute**

**Right Lateral Scutes** **Inframarginal Pores? Y / N / U Touch 1^st^
Lateral Scute?**

**Vertebral Scutes** **1 Pair Prefrontal Scales? Y / N / U Y / N / U**

**L. Inframarginal Scutes** **Lacks Bony Shell? Y / N**

**R. Inframarginal Scutes**

**Dorsal Coloration** **Black** **Orange/Red-Brown** **Brown**

**Gray-Green**
**Other\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**