SWOT Data Citations
NESTING BIOGEOGRAPHY OF SEA TURTLES IN JAPANWe are grateful to the Sea Turtle Association of Japan, which generously allowed us to re-create its map of 2016 sea turtle nesting in Japanfor inclusion in this volume (pages 28–29). We are especially grateful to Yoshi Matsuzawa and Kei Okamoto for their assistance in sourcing
data, translating, and developing the maps. Thank you.

GUIDELINES OF DATA USE AND CITATION
The data that follow correspond directly to the map on pages 28–29. To use data for research or publication, you must obtain permission
from the data provider
DATA RECORD 1

Data Source: Map data were digitized and adapted from Figures 1 and 2 in: Matsuzawa, Y.
(editor), Proceedings of 27th Japanese Sea Turtle Symposium in Muroto (2016). Osaka: Sea
Turtle Association of Japan.
Year: 2016
Data Contributors: The following people and institutions provided nesting data used tocreate the maps: Akaumigame-wo-mamoru-kai, Akabane-juku, Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai
Aquarium, Satoshi Asou, Shinpachiro Asaka, Hiroshi Asakawa, Niijima Shizen Aikoukai,
Anan-City Office Shimin-bu Bunka-shinkou-ka, Toshihiro Abe, Naoki Abe, Amami Marine
Life Research Association, Amami Umigame Jouhou Network, Amami Wildlife Center, ShunAmamiya, Takashi Igarashi, Shigeru Ikemura, Masayuki Ishii, Ishigakijima Umigame Kenkyu-kai,
Tohru Izumiguchi, Isumi-City Sea Turtle Conservation Observers, Isen Town Office, TokunoshimaAmagi Town Office, Ichinomiya Umigame-wo-mimamoru-kai, Ichikikushikino-City Office, Idea
Consultants, Inc., Ai Ito, Kotaro Ito, Naoshi Inoue, Nishinoomote-City Office, Turtle Crew,
Nishinoomote-City Sea Turtle Conservation Observers, Yumi Iwasaki, Toshitaka Iwamoto, Ayaka
Yagi, Kei Uchida, Saori Uchiyama, Umigame Otasuke-tai, Umino-nakamichi Marine Ecological
Science Museum Co. Ltd., Umima-ru Planning, Kaifu Nature Network NPO, Oita Environmental
Conservation Forum NPO, Yakushima Umigame-kan NPO, Omotehama Network NPO, Susami
Crustacean Aquarium, Kuchino-Erabu Senior Group, Oiso Municipal Museum, Kenji Ohbai,
Kiyoshi Ohki, Osato-Matsubara Umigame-wo-mamoru-kai, Okagaki Umigame Club, Shota Oka,
Yukio Okada, Okinoerabujima Umigame Network, Katsuki Oki, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium,
Junichi Okuyama, Omaezaki Sea Turtle Conservation Observers, Onjuku Sea Turtle Network,
Onna Yomitan Umigame-chousa-tai, Yasuro Kai, Kagoshima University Sea Turtle Research
Club, Yuji Kashima, Chikako Kano, Yasea Co. Ltd., Naoki Kamezaki, Mata Kamezawa, Kazunari
Kameda, The Kingdom of Kamehameha, Kijin-kai, Kamogawa Seaworld, Muneyuki Kayou,
Karatsu-no-umi-wo-mamorou-shimin-no-kai, Yukiko Kawauchida, Yoko Kawauchi, Takako
Kawakami, Michitoshi Kawashima, Isao Kawazu, Kii-hanto Umigame Jouhou Koukan-kai,
Hitomi Kikuchi, Masayoshi Kita, Keiichi Kitamizu, Kiho Town Sea Turtle Park, Kazuo Kira,
Kushimoto Marine Park Center, Kujukuri-hama-no-shizen-wo-mamoru-kai, Kunisaki-City
Tetotetomachidukuri-tai, Yoshinori Kumazawa, Kumano-no-shizen-wo-kangaeru-kai, Yutaka
Kuroki, Kuroshio-Town Sea Turtle Conservation Committee, Kuroshima Research Station,
Naomi Koishi, Shimane Aquarium, Shohei Goda, Yoshitsugu Kodama, Tatsuzo Kodama, Shigeo
Kobayashi, Junichi Kobayashi, Kunio Komesu, Science at Sea, Noboru Sakamoto, Ikuo Sakamoto,
Tomoko Sakuma, Motokazu Sakurai, Tsugunari Sasagawa, Manami Sano, Zamami Sea Turtle
Group, Yusuke Sawase, Shinsuke Sawada, 6DORSALS KAYAK SERVICES, Shibushi-City Office
Citizen Environment Division, Shimaokoshi NPO TAMASU, Shima-hanto Yasei-doubutsu
Kenkyu-kai, Alisa Shimura, Shimoda Aquarium, Enoshima Aquarium, Shingu-City Umigamewo-hogosuru-kai, Seita Suzuki, Suma Aqualife Park Kobe, Seikai National Fisheries ResearchInstitute, Asuka Takamatsu, Akemi Takeda, Hiroshi Takeda, Ryo Tatsuji, Tatsugo-Town Office
Seikatsu-kankyo-ka, Yuji Tanaka, Hiroki Tanaka, Hayate Tanaka, Yui Tanaka, Hidetomo Tanase,
Kazumitsu Taniguchi, Shigeo Tanizaki, Tamanoura Ripples Club, Miho Choraku, Chiran-Town
Umigame-hogo-kenkyu-kai, Kosuke Domae, Kotaro Tokunaga, Chief of Tokuhama tribe, Hideki
Toshigawa, Osamu Dodo, Fumiya Toyoda, Toyohashi-City The Environment Part Environment
Conservation Division, Mariko Nakai, Michio Nakagawa, Osamu Nakamura, Nakatane-Town
Office, Narugashima-wo-utsukushikusuru-kai, Hiroaki Naruse, Masahiro Nishi, Nami Nishi,
Keiichi Nishiyama, Nichinan-City Yasei-doubutsu Kenkyu-kai, Kiyoshi Nozaki, Nobeoka-City
Board of Education, Shinya Hagino, Kazuhiro Hashiguchi, Association for Interpretation
Hachijojima Island, Kaoru Hanajiri, Takahisa Hamakawa, Toshiaki Hamasaki, Takashi Hamada,Kaneyoshi Hamano, Hamamatsu-City Minami Ward Office, Eisuke Harada, Haruno-no-shizenwo-mamoru-kai, Hioki-City Shimin-seikatsu-ka, Toshiki Hikari, Shuji Hikiji, Makoto Hikosaka,
Tsugumori Hidaka, Kodai Hirai, Atsushi Hirai, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiwasa Chelonian Museum
Caretta, Hyuga-shi Loggerhead Turtle Research Group, Kazuhiro Fukada, Fukutsu-City
Umigame-ka, Kenichiro Fujita, Kento Fujita, Rumi Payne, Takayuki Hosokawa, Ryoko Masuyama,
Keita Matsuura, Fumiyoshi Matsuzaki, Yoshimasa Matsuzawa, Shigeko Maruyama, Hiroka
Maruno, Osamu Miura, Mie University Kameppuri, Shizue Mizutani, Kojiro Mizuno, Kouzou
Mizobuchi, Izu-Oshima Green Earth Society, Hisakazu Minato, Minabe Sea Turtle ResearchGroup, Minamitane-Town Office Kikaku-ka, Minamichita Beach Land, Hisaro Minezaki, Rina
Miyagi, Miyakejima Nature Guide Kyururu, Koichi Miyazaki, Miyazaki Wildlife Research Group,
Miyazaki Prefectural Board of Education Cultural Properties Division, Shunsuke Miyazato,
Masatoshi Miyazono, Katsumi Miyachi, Kiyohide Miyahira, Hidenobu Miyamura, Shogo
Murakami, Muroto Municipal Moto Elementary School, Terumi Mori, Kousei Morishita, MasanoriMori, Katori Moriya, Ayaka Yagi, Hidemasa Yamaguchi, Yoshiya Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto,Toshie Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yukinoura Umigame-mimamori-tai, Sawami Yufune,
Kurato Yokohama, Ayumi Yoshioka, Kanae Yoshida, Tohru Yoshida, Tomonori Yoshimura,
Yoron-Town Office Kankyo-ka, Ryukyu University Sea Turtle Group, Fisherman’s NPO, Ikuo
Wakabayashi, Saori Waseda, Motoki Wakatsuki, Yukihisa Watanabe, Tokuro Watanabe,
Mika Watanabe, Akemi Watabe (honorifics omitted, listed in Japanese syllabary order).

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2016年の日本におけるウミガメ産卵分布図を複製して本報告に含めることにご許可いただいたNPO法人日本ウミガメ協議会に感謝いたします。また、データの出典についてご教示いただき、翻訳と地図の複製にあたりお世話になった松沢慶将氏と岡本慶氏に感謝いたします。ありがとうございました。
下記のデータは28～29ページの地図と一致しています。研究や文献にこれらのデータを用いる場合は、必ず下記のデータ提出者からの許可を取らなければなりません。
記録データ1
データの出典：地図データは下記文献の図1と図2のものを用いてデジタル化されたものです。
文献：松沢慶将(編). 2016. 日本ウミガメ誌2016 (第27回日本ウミガメ会議室戸大会会議録). 日本ウミガメ協議会: 大阪.
年：2016年
これらのデータに関わる産卵調査をされた方々：アカウミガメを守る会、あかばね塾、アクアワールド茨城県大洗水族館、朝生哲、浅香新八郎、浅川 弘、新島自然愛好会、阿南市市民部文化振興課、阿部年博、阿部直樹、奄美海洋生物研究会、奄美
大島ウミガメ情報ネットワーク、奄美海洋生物研究会、奄美野生生物保護センター、
雨宮俊、五十嵐隆、池村茂、石井雅之、石垣島ウミガメ研究会、泉口透、いすみ市ウミガメ保護監視員、伊仙町役場、徳之島町天城町役場、一宮ウミガメを見守る会、いちき串木野市役所、いであ株式会社、伊藤愛、伊藤幸太郎、井上尚志、西之表市 タートルクルー、西之表市ウミガメ保護監視員、岩崎由美、岩本俊孝、八木彩香、内田桂、内山五織、ウミガメお助け隊、㈱海の中道海洋生態科学館、うみまーる企
画、NPO 法人カイフネイチャーネットワーク、NPO 法人おおいた環境保全フォーラ
ム、NPO 法人屋久島うみがめ館、NPO 法人表浜ネットワーク、エビとカニの水族
館、えらぶ年寄り組、大磯町郷土資料館、大梅謙治、大木清、大里松原うみがめを守る会、岡垣ウミガメ倶楽部、岡翔太、岡田幸生、沖永良部島ウミガメネットワーク、
興克樹、沖縄美ら海水族館、沖永良部ウミガメネットワーク、奥山隼一、御前崎市ウミガメ保護監視委員会、御宿海亀連絡網、恩納読谷ウミガメ調査隊、甲斐靖郎、鹿児島大学ウミガメ研究会、加島祐二、加納知加子、(株) ヤ･シイ、亀崎直樹、亀澤亦、
亀田和成、カメハメハ王国、亀人会、鴨川シ―ワールド、嘉陽宗幸、唐津の海を守ろう市民の会、川内田友紀子、河内洋子、川上孝子、川島道俊、河津勲、紀伊半島ウミガメ情報交換会、菊地ひとみ、北真嘉、北水慶一、紀宝町ウミガメ公園、吉良和夫、
串本海中公園センター、九十九里浜の自然を守る会、国東市手と手とまちづくりたい、熊沢佳範、熊野の自然を考える会、黒木豊、黒潮町海亀保護委員、黒島研究所、
小石尚眞、公益財団法人しまね海洋館、合田昌平、児玉嘉嗣、児玉達三、小林茂夫、
小林淳一、米須邦雄、Science at Sea、阪本登、坂元育男、佐久間朋子、桜井基計、笹川二成、佐野真奈美、座間味ウミガメ会、澤瀬裕介、沢田晨輔、6DORSALSKAYAK SERVICES、志布志市役所市民環境課、島おこしNPO 法人TAMASU、志摩半島野生動物研究会、志村アリサ、下田海中水族館、新江ノ島水族館、新宮市海ガメを保護する会、鈴木清太、須磨海浜水族園、西海区水産研究所、高松明日香、
武田明美、竹田洋志、田實涼、龍郷町役場生活環境課、田中雄二、田中宇輝、田中颯、田中優衣、田名瀬英朋、谷口和光、谷崎樹生、玉の浦リップルズクラブ、長楽美
保、知覧町ウミガメ保護研究会、堂前康介、徳永幸太郎、徳浜集落区長、利川英樹、百々治、豊田史弥、豊橋市環境部環境保全課、中井真理子、中川道生、中村修、中種子町役場、成ヶ島を美しくする会、成瀬裕昭、西真弘、西奈美、西山桂一、日南市野
生動物研究会、野崎清志、延岡市教育委員会、萩野進也、橋口和洋、八丈島インタ
ープリテーション協会、花尻薫、濵川孝久、浜崎敏明、濱田孝、濱野兼吉、浜松市南区役所、原田英祐、春野の自然を守る会、日置市市民生活課、光俊樹、引地秀司、彦坂真、日高末盛、平井航大、平井厚志、広沢俊昭、日和佐うみがめ博物館カレッタ、
日向市アカウミガメ研究会、深田和広、福津市うみがめ課、藤田健一郎、藤田健登、
ペイン留美、細川隆幸、増山涼子、松浦圭太、松崎文好、松沢慶将、鞠山重子、丸野
宏夏、三浦修、三重大学かめっぷり、水谷志津江、水野康次郎、溝渕幸三、みどりの地球大好き会、湊久和、みなべウミガメ研究班、南種子町役場企画課、南知多ビー
チランド、嶺崎久郎、宮内貴史、宮城里奈、三宅島自然ガイド キュルル、宮崎光一、
宮崎野生動物研究会、宮崎県教育庁文化財課、宮里俊輔、宮園正敏、宮地勝美、宮平聖秀、宮村英伸、村上昌吾、室戸市立元小学校、森てるみ、森下耕成、森誠憲、森谷香取、八木彩香、山口英昌、山下芳也、山本明男、山本斗士江、山本宏幸、雪浦ウ
ミガメ見守り隊、湯舟佐和美、横濱蔵人、吉岡あゆみ、吉田嘉苗、吉田徹、吉村智
範、与論町役場環境課、琉球大学ちゅらがーみー、漁師のNPO、若林郁夫、早稲田沙織、若月元樹、渡辺幸久、渡辺督郎、渡辺美佳、渡部明美（敬省略 50 音順）

NESTING BIOGEOGRAPHY OF SEA TURTLES
IN THE FRENCH TERRITORIESGUIDELINES OF DATA USE AND CITATION
The data that follow correspond directly to the map of sea turtle nesting in the French territories on pages 22–23. Every data record isnumbered to correspond with its respective point on the map. To use data for research or publication, you must obtain permission fromthe data provider.

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
Clutches: A count of the number of nests of eggs laid by females during the monitoring period. Crawl: A female turtle’s emergence onto
the beach to nest. Such counts may include false crawls. Nesting females: A count of nesting female turtles observed during themonitoring period. Year: The year in which a given nesting season ended (e.g., data collected between late 2015 and early 2016 are listed
as year 2016).
Nesting data reported here are for the most recent available nesting season. Beaches for which count data are not available are listed as“unquantified.” A reported count of “N/A” indicates no data were reported for that species at the respective site. Additional metadata are
available for many of the data records and may be found online at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot.

FRENCH GUIANADATA RECORD 1

Data Source: Berzins, R., and ONCFS. 2018.
Sea turtle nesting in French Guiana: Personalcommunication. In SWOT Report—The Stateof the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. XIII (2018).
Nesting Beach: Kourou
Year: 2016
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—14
clutches; Dermochelys coriacea —55 clutches;
Lepidochelys olivacea —61 clutches
SWOT Contacts: Rachel Berzins, MarieKlélia Lankester, Johan Chevalier, Ronald
Wongsopawiro, Alain Auguste, Junior Alcine,
Mail Thérèse, Damien Chevallier, Marc
Bonola, Jordan Martin, Benoit de Thoisy,
Sébastien Barrioz, and Rodrigue Crasson

DATA RECORD 2

Data Source: Chevalier, J., and CNRS-IPHC.
2018. Sea turtle nesting in Réserve Naturelle
Nationale de l’Amana, French Guiana:
Personal communication. In SWOT Report—
The State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. XIII
(2018).
Nesting Beach: Awala Yalimapo
Year: 2016
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
770 clutches; Dermochelys coriacea —434
clutches; Lepidochelys olivacea —9 clutches
SWOT Contacts: Rachel Berzins, MarieKlélia Lankester, Johan Chevalier, Ronald
Wongsopawiro, Alain Auguste, Junior Alcine,
Mail Thérèse, Damien Chevallier, Marc
Bonola, Jordan Martin, Benoit de Thoisy,
Sébastien Barrioz, and Rodrigue Crasson

DATA RECORD 3

Data Source: Chevallier, D., and CNRS-IPHC.
2018. Sea turtle nesting at Aztèque, French
Guiana: Personal communication. In SWOT
Report—The State of the World’s Sea Turtles,
vol. XIII (2018).
Nesting Beach: AztèqueYear: 2016
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—54
clutches; Dermochelys coriacea —6 clutches
SWOT Contacts: Rachel Berzins, MarieKlélia Lankester, Johan Chevalier, Ronald
Wongsopawiro, Alain Auguste, Junior Alcine,
Mail Thérèse, Damien Chevallier, Marc
Bonola, Jordan Martin, Benoit de Thoisy,
Sébastien Barrioz, and Rodrigue Crasson

DATA RECORD 4

Data Source: De Thoisy, B., and Kwata.
2018. Sea turtle nesting at Île de Cayenne,
French Guiana: Personal communication.
In SWOT Report—The State of the World’s
Sea Turtles, vol. XIII (2018).
Nesting Beach: Île de Cayenne
Year: 2016
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
39 clutches; Dermochelys coriacea —2,816
clutches; Eretmochelys imbricata —1 clutch;
Lepidochelys olivacea —3,666 clutches
SWOT Contacts: Rachel Berzins, MarieKlélia Lankester, Johan Chevalier, Ronald

Wongsopawiro, Alain Auguste, Junior Alcine,
Mail Thérèse, Damien Chevallier, Marc
Bonola, Jordan Martin, Benoit de Thoisy,
Sébastien Barrioz, and Rodrigue Crasson

ÉPARSES ISLANDSDATA RECORD 5

Data Source: Jean, C., S. Ciccione,
J. Bourjea, and M. Dalleau. 2017. Sea turtle
nesting in the Éparses Islands: Personalcommunication. In SWOT Report—The Stateof the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. XIII (2018).
Nesting Beaches: Europa, Glorieuses,
Tromelin, and Juan de Nova
Year: 2016
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
16,069, 6,297, 12,443, and 186 crawls,
respectively; Eretmochelys imbricata —0, 0, 0, and 44 crawls, respectively
SWOT Contacts: Claire Jean, Stéphane
Ciccione, Jérôme Bourjea, and Mayeul Dalleau

FRENCH POLYNESIADATA RECORD 6

Data Source: Gaspar, C. 2018. Sea turtle
nesting in French Polynesia: Personalcommunication. In SWOT Report—The Stateof the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. XIII (2018).
Nesting Beaches: Reao Atoll, Tikehau,
Mopelia, and Scilly
Year: 2017
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
unquantified at Tikehau, Mopelia, and Scilly;
Dermochelys coriacea —unquantified at
Reao AtollSWOT Contact: Cécile Gaspar

DATA RECORD 7

Data Source: Petit, M., C. Gaspar,
G. Leport, C. Esposito, and V. Stabile. 2016.
Saisons de ponte 2014–2015 et 2015–2016
de la tortue verte (Chelonia mydas) surl’atoll de Tetiaroa. Moorea, French Polynesia
Te Mana o Te Moana.
Nesting Beaches: Onetahi, Tiaraunu,
and Oroatera
Year: 2016
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
65, 155, and 87 clutches, respectively
SWOT Contact: Cécile Gaspar

GUADELOUPEAt the request of the data providers, all countdata for Guadeloupe are given as a threeyear average (2012–14) of the estimated(modeled) number of crawls at each beach.
Average modeled crawl counts are rounded
to the nearest whole number. See cited data
sources for model details.

DATA RECORD 8

Data Sources: (1) RTMG: Parc National
Guadeloupe, Association Le Gaïac, Réseau deBénévoles Nord Grande Terre / Association
Kap Natirel. (2) Girard, A., and M. Girondot.
2016. Analyse des données d’activités deponte des tortues marines en Guadeloupe( incluant ses dépendances et Saint-Martin ) —Période 2004–2014. Office National dela Chasse.
Nesting Beach: Secteur 1: Grand
Cul-de-Sac Marin
Years: 2012–14
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
38 crawls; Dermochelys coriacea —85 crawls;
Eretmochelys imbricata —1,105 crawls
SWOT Contacts: Caroline Cremades,
Caroline Cestor, Caroline Rinaldi, Gérard
Portecop, Fortuné Guiougou, Eric Delcroix,
Laurent Malgaive, Alain Goyeau, Natacha
Lamy, Blandine Guillemot, Simone Mege,
Julien Chalifour, and Olivier Raynaud

DATA RECORD 9

Data Source: (1) RTMG: Association LeGaïac, Association Evasion Tropicale,
Association Kap Natirel. (2) Girard, A., and
M. Girondot. 2016. Analyse des donnéesd’activités de ponte des tortues marines en
Guadeloupe (incluant ses dépendances etSaint-Martin ) —Période 2004–2014. Office
National de la Chasse.
Nesting Beach: Secteur 2: Basse Terre—Côte sous le ventYears: 2012–14
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
48 crawls; Dermochelys coriacea —60 crawls;
Eretmochelys imbricata —515 crawls
SWOT Contacts: Caroline Cremades,
Caroline Cestor, Caroline Rinaldi, Gérard
Portecop, Fortuné Guiougou, Eric Delcroix,
Laurent Malgaive, Alain Goyeau, Natacha
Lamy, Blandine Guillemot, Simone Mege,
Julien Chalifour, and Olivier Raynaud

DATA RECORD 10

Data Source: (1) RTMG: Association
Kap Natirel, ONCFS. (2) Girard, A., and
M. Girondot. 2016. Analyse des donnéesd’activités de ponte des tortues marines en
Guadeloupe ( incluant ses dépendances etSaint-Martin ) —Période 2004–2014.
Office National de la Chasse.
Nesting Beach: Secteur 3: Basse Terre—Côte au ventYears: 2012–14
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
23 crawls; Dermochelys coriacea —82 crawls;
Eretmochelys imbricata —126 crawls
SWOT Contacts: Caroline Cremades,
Caroline Cestor, Caroline Rinaldi, Gérard
Portecop, Fortuné Guiougou, Eric Delcroix,
Laurent Malgaive, Alain Goyeau, Natacha
Lamy, Blandine Guillemot, Simone Mege,
Julien Chalifour, and Olivier Raynaud

DATA RECORD 11

Data Source: (1) RTMG: Association AEVA,
Réseau de Bénévoles Nord Grande Terre /Association Kap Natirel. (2) Girard, A., and
M. Girondot. 2016. Analyse des donnéesd’activités de ponte des tortues marines en
Guadeloupe ( incluant ses dépendances etSaint-Martin ) —Période 2004–2014. Office
National de la Chasse.

Nesting Beaches: Secteur 4: Façade
littorale nord-est de Grande Terre, andSecteur 5: Façade littorale sud-est deGrande Terre
Years: 2012–14
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
1 and 158 crawls, respectively; Dermochelys
coriacea —1 and 0 crawls, respectively;
Eretmochelys imbricata —126 and 52 crawls,
respectively
SWOT Contacts: Caroline Cremades,
Caroline Cestor, Caroline Rinaldi, Gérard
Portecop, Fortuné Guiougou, Eric Delcroix,
Laurent Malgaive, Alain Goyeau, Natacha
Lamy, Blandine Guillemot, Simone Mege,
Julien Chalifour, and Olivier Raynaud

DATA RECORD 12

Data Source: (1) RTMG: Association Tité,
ONF. (2) Girard, A., and M. Girondot. 2016.
Analyse des données d’activités de ponte destortues marines en Guadeloupe ( incluant sesdépendances et Saint-Martin ) —Période
2004–2014. Office National de la Chasse.
Nesting Beach: Secteur 6: La Désirade etPetite Terre
Years: 2012–14
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
701 crawls; Dermochelys coriacea —42
crawls; Eretmochelys imbricata —399 crawls
SWOT Contacts: Caroline Cremades,
Caroline Cestor, Caroline Rinaldi, Gérard
Portecop, Fortuné Guiougou, Eric Delcroix,
Laurent Malgaive, Alain Goyeau, Natacha
Lamy, Blandine Guillemot, Simone Mege,
Julien Chalifour, and Olivier Raynaud

DATA RECORD 13

Data Source: (1) RTMG: Amicale Ecolambda,
Association Kap Natirel. (2) Girard, A., and
M. Girondot. 2016. Analyse des donnéesd’activités de ponte des tortues marines en
Guadeloupe ( incluant ses dépendances etSaint-Martin ) —Période 2004–2014. Office
National de la Chasse.
Nesting Beach: Secteur 7: Marie-GalanteYears: 2012–2014
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
5 crawls; Dermochelys coriacea —less than 1
crawl; Eretmochelys imbricata —1,976 crawls
SWOT Contacts: Caroline Cremades,
Caroline Cestor, Caroline Rinaldi, Gérard
Portecop, Fortuné Guiougou, Eric Delcroix,
Laurent Malgaive, Alain Goyeau, Natacha
Lamy, Blandine Guillemot, Simone Mege,
Julien Chalifour, and Olivier Raynaud

DATA RECORD 14

Data Source: (1) RTMG: Conservatoire duLittoral. (2) Girard, A., and M. Girondot.
2016. Analyse des données d’activités deponte des tortues marines en Guadeloupe( incluant ses dépendances et Saint-Martin ) —Période 2004–2014. Office National dela Chasse.
Nesting Beach: Secteur 8: Île des Sainte
Years: 2012–2014
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—4

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crawl; Eretmochelys imbricata —33 crawls
SWOT Contacts: Caroline Cremades,
Caroline Cestor, Caroline Rinaldi, Gérard
Portecop, Fortuné Guiougou, Eric Delcroix,
Laurent Malgaive, Alain Goyeau, Natacha
Lamy, Blandine Guillemot, Simone Mege,
Julien Chalifour, and Olivier Raynaud

DATA RECORD 15

Data Source: (1) RTMG: Réserve Naturellede Saint Martin. (2) Girard, A., and
M. Girondot. 2016. Analyse des donnéesd’activités de ponte des tortues marines en
Guadeloupe ( incluant ses dépendances etSaint-Martin ) —Période 2004–2014. Office
National de la Chasse.
Nesting Beach: Secteur 10: Île de SaintMartinYears: 2012–14
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
257 crawls; Dermochelys coriacea —0 crawls;
Eretmochelys imbricata —107 crawls
SWOT Contacts: Caroline Cremades,
Caroline Cestor, Caroline Rinaldi, Gérard
Portecop, Fortuné Guiougou, Eric Delcroix,
Laurent Malgaive, Alain Goyeau, Natacha
Lamy, Blandine Guillemot, Simone Mege,
Julien Chalifour, and Olivier Raynaud

MARTINIQUE
DATA RECORD 16

Data Source: Contributors of the Sea Turtle
Network of Martinique Island: Association
Kawan, Association Reflet d’Culture,association Sepanmar, Association AMEPAS,
Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune
Sauvage, Office National des Forêts,Association Eco-Civisme, Parc Naturel deMartinique, Association SEVE, DIREN/DEAL.
2018. Sea turtle nesting in Martinique: Personalcommunication. In SWOT Report—The Stateof the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. XIII (2018).
Nesting Beaches: (1) Diamant—GrandeAnse Diamant; (2) Le Precheur—Anse à
Voile; (3) Le Precheur—Anse Levrier;(4) Lorrain—Crabiere; (5) Lorrain—GrandeAnse Lorrain; (6) Sainte-Anne—Anse àPrune; (7) Sainte-Anne—Anse Four à Chaux;(8) Sainte-Anne – Anse Grosse Roche;(9) Sainte-Anne—Anse Laballe; (10) SainteAnne—Anse Meunier; (11) Sainte-Anne—
Anse Trabaud; (12) Sainte-Anne—GrandeTerre; (13) Sainte-Marie—Anse Charpentier;(14) Vauclin – Grand Macabou; and (15)Sainte-Anne Grande Anse Salines
Years: (1) 2014; (2) 2011; (3) 2011; (4)2016; (5) 2014; (6) 2013; (7) 2011; (8)2014; (9) 2014; (10) 2014; (11) 2014; (12)2016; (13) 2014; (14) 2014; (15) 2016
Species and Counts:* Chelonia mydas—(1) 1; (2) 0; (3) 3; (4) 0; (5) 0; (6) 0; (7) 0;(8) 0; (9) 0; (10) 7; (11) 0; (12) 0; (13) 0;(14) 0; (15) 0 crawls. Dermochelys coriacea— (1) 2; (2) 3; (3) 2; (4) 47; (5) 84; (6) 111;
(7) 2; (8) 9; (9) 18; (10) 5; (11) 19; (12) 22;(13) 172; (14) 6; (15) 150 crawls.
Eretmochelys imbricata — (1) 47; (2) 23; (3)22; (4) 38; (5) 21; (6) 91; (7) 3; (8) 5; (9) 9;(10) 5; (11) 30; (12) 21; (13) 33; (14) 2; and(15) 150 crawls*Counts are estimated (modeled), except fromSainte-Anne—Grande Anse Salines, where
average counts were provided. For modeledcounts, the mean value is presented here andis rounded to the nearest whole number.
Contact data providers for model details.
SWOT Contacts: Marie-France Bernard
and Caroline Cremades

MAYOTTEDATA RECORD 17

Data Source: (1) Quillard, M., and
K. Ballorain. 2018. Sea turtle nesting inMayotte: Personal communication. In SWOT
Report—The State of the World’s Sea Turtles,
vol. XIII (2018). (2) Philippe, J. S., S. Ciccione,
J. Bourjea, K. Ballorain, S. Marinesque, and
Z. Glenard. 2014. Plan national d’actions en
faveur des tortues marines des territoires
français de l’océan Indien: La Réunion,
Mayotte et Îles Éparses (2015–2020 ).
Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement
Durable et de l’Énergie, Direction del’Environnement, de l’Aménagement et duLogement de La Réunion. BIOTOPE, Kélonia,
IFREMER, Parc Naturel Marin De Mayotte,Taaf, Phaeton Traduction.
Nesting Beaches: Saziley Site and Moya
Years: 2013 and 2015, respectively
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
1,685 and 3,776 crawls, respectively;
Eretmochelys imbricata —0 and 9 crawls,
respectively
SWOT Contacts: Mireille Quillard andKatia Ballorain

NEW CALEDONIADATA RECORD 18

Data Source: Lafage, D., and AssociationBWÄRÄ. 2018. Sea turtle nesting in New
Caledonia: Personal communication. In SWOT
Report—The State of the World’s Sea Turtles,
vol. XIII (2018).
Nesting Beaches: La Roche Percée andBaie des Tortues
Year: 2016
Species and Counts: Caretta caretta —328 and 50 clutches, respectively
SWOT Contact: Dominique Lafage

DATA RECORD 19

Data Source: WWF France in New
Caledonia. 2018. Unpublished data from2006: Personal communication. In SWOT
Report—The State of the World’s Sea Turtles,
vol. XIII (2018).
Nesting Beaches: (1) Atoll B-Beaupre—Île Beautemps; (2) Atoll d‘Ouvea—Angemeec;(3) Atoll d‘Ouvea—Angeu; (4) Atoll d‘Ouvea—Hnyeekon NW; (5) Atoll d‘Ouvea—

Hnyeekon STH; (6) Atoll d‘Ouvea—Motu
Velioa NW; (7) Atoll d‘Ouvea—Motu Velioa
W; (8) Atoll d’Ouvea—Unnamed island STH;
(9) Atoll d’Ouvea—Unnamed island WEST;(10) Atoll du Portail; (11) Île Art—Mid
Northwest Beach; (12) Île de Surprise; (13)Île des Pins—Baie de Uamae; (14) Île desPins—Pointe Kutema North; (15) Île Dudun—North 1 plage; (16) Île Dudun—North 2
plage; (17) Île Mare—B de l’Allier 1 plage;(18) Île Mare—B de l’Allier 2 plage; (19) Île
Mare—C Roussin; (20) Ile Mouac; (21) Île
Neba—North Western Beach; (22) Île Neba
—Northern Beach; (23) Île Redika; (24) ÎlotAgue; (25) Îlot Amere; (26) Îlot Atire; (27)Îlot Bayes; (28) Îlot Carrey; (29) ÎlotContrariete; (30) Îlot de la Table; (31) ÎlotDeverd; (32) Îlot Double; (33) Îlot du Ami;
(34) Îlot du Ana; (35) Îlot Gi; (36) Îlot Hienga;(37) Îlot Hiengabat; (38) Îlot Infernal; (39)Îlot Kendec; (40) Îlot Kie; (41) Îlot Koko;(42) Îlot Kouare; (43) Îlot Leroue; (44) ÎlotMato; (45) Îlot Mbore; (46) Îlot N’da; (47)Îlot Ndie; (48) Îlot Neangambo; (49) ÎlotN’ge; (50) Îlot Noe; (51) Îlot Nombu; (52)Îlot Ongombua; (53) Îlot Ouao; (54) ÎlotPouh; (55) Îlot Pumbo; (56) Îlot Tere;(57) Îlot Thigit; (58) Îlot Ti Ac; (59) ÎlotTiam’boueme;(60) Îlot Totea; (61) Îlot Ua;(62) Îlot Uaterombi; (63) Îlot Uatio; (64) ÎlotUgo; (65) Îlot Uie; (66) Îlot Uo; (67) ÎlotVerte; (68) Îlot Vua; (69) Îlot Yan’dagouet;(70) Mainland Sth of Cap Gouivain; (71)
N’digoro; (72) Plage de la Roche Percée;(73) Pointe De Babouillet—Mid Beach; (74)
Poum Peninsula—NW Beach 1; (75) Poum
Peninsula—NW Beach 2; (76) Poum Peninsula—Southwest Beach; (77) Poum Peninsula—Western Beach; (78) Unnamed island; (79)
Unnamed sandbank 2; and (80) Unnamed
sandbank 3
Year: 2006
Species and Counts: Caretta caretta —(1–19) 0; (20) 1–10; (21–23) 50–100; (24)
1–10; (25) 50–100; (26–32) 1–10; (33)
50–100; (34) 1–10; (35) 50–100; (36–41)
1–10; (42) 50–100; (43–45) 1–10; (46)50–100; (47–51) 1–10; (52) 0; (53) 50–100;(54–57) 1–10; (58–59) 50–100; (60)
1–10; (61–63) 50–100; (64–71) 1–10; (72)
50–100; (73–76) 1–10; (77) 50–100; (78)
1–10; (79) 0; and (80) 0 clutches. Chelonia
mydas— (1) 100–500; (2) 50–100; (3–5)
1–10; (6) 50–100; (7–8) 1–10; (9) 50–100;(10–11) 1–10; (12) 500–1,000; (13–19)
1–10; (20–26) 0; (27) 1–10; (28–36) 0;(37) 1–10; (38–51) 0; (52) 50–100;(53–78) 0; and (79–80) 1–10 clutches
SWOT Contact: Marc Oremus

DATA RECORD 20

Data Source: WWF-France in New
Caledonia. 2017. Sea turtle nesting in New
Caledonia: Personal communication. In SWOT
Report—The State of the World’s Sea Turtles,
vol. XIII (2018).

Nesting Beaches: (1) Améré; (2) Atiré;(3) Gi; (4) Kié; (5) Koko; (6) Kouaré;(7) Léroué; (8) M’bé; (9) M’Boré; (10) Mato;(11) N’Da; (12) N’Dié; (13) N’Do; (14) N’Gé;(15) Noé; (16) Nouaré; (17) Petit Koko;(18) Puemba; (19) Pumbo; (20) Rédika;(21) Téré; (22) Totéa; (23) Ua;(24) Uaterembi; (25) Uatio; (26) Ugo;(27) Uié; (28) Uo; and (29) Vua
Year: 2017
Species and Counts: Caretta caretta —(1) 9; (2) 48; (3) 48; (4) 14; (5) 6; (6) 12;(7) 8; (8) 1; (9) 29; (10) 1; (11) 50; (12) 1;(13) 8; (14) 20; (15) 0; (16) 0; (17) 9;(18) 2; (19) 0; (20) 7; (21) 3; (22) 4;(23) 8; (24) 6; (25) 21; (26) 0; (27) 4;(28) 1; and (29) 25 clutches
SWOT Contact: Marc Oremus

DATA RECORD 21

Data Source: Fretey J., and M. Girondot.
2017. Bilan de 10 années de suivi despontes de tortues vertes sur les atolls isolés
dans le Parc naturel de la mer de Corail(2007–2016). Troyes, France: Chélonée
Nesting Beaches: Entrecastaux,
Chesterfield, and Bellona
Year: 2017
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
50,000, 17,000, and 300 crawls, respectively
SWOT Contact: Marc Girondot

LA RÉUNIONDATA RECORD 22

Data Source: Jean, C., S. Ciccione,
J. Bourjea, and M. Dalleau. 2018. Sea turtle
nesting in La Réunion: Personal communication.
In SWOT Report—The State of the World’s
Sea Turtles, vol. XIII (2018).
Nesting Beach: Réunion
Year: 2016
Species and Count: Chelonia mydas—
3 clutches
SWOT Contacts: Claire Jean, Stéphane
Ciccione, Jérôme Bourjea, and Mayeul Dalleau

SAINT BARTHÉLEMYDATA RECORD 23

Data Source: Natural Reserve of Saint
Barthélemy, Agence Territoriale del’Environnement de Saint-Barthélemy. 2018.
Sea turtle nesting in Saint Barthélemy:
Personal communication. In SWOT Report—
The State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. XIII
(2018).
Nesting Beaches: East Sector andWest Sector
Year: 2014
Species and Counts: Chelonia mydas—
1 and 2 clutches, respectively; Dermochelys
coriacea —1 and 1 clutches, respectively;
Eretmochelys imbricata —2 and 3 clutches,
respectively,
SWOT Contacts: Sophie Lefevre andAlexandre Girard

LOGGERHEAD SATELLITE TELEMETRY IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
The following data records refer to satellite telemetry datasets for loggerhead turtles in the Pacific Ocean that were combined to create themap on pp. 16–17. These data, consisting of more than 130,000 locations, were generously contributed to SWOT by the people and partners
listed below. We are grateful to Jeffrey Seminoff and T. Todd Jones for their assistance in developing the maps and identifying datasets
for inclusion, and we especially thank George Balazs and T. Todd Jones for their efforts collecting and sourcing the data provided by NOAA.
In mapping the data, obviously erroneous points (e.g., on land) were removed. Some datasets were filtered prior to being shared with SWOT
and those were not filtered further. The map is for illustrative purposes and should not be considered an authoritative source of tracking
data for the studies cited. Records that have a SWOT ID can be viewed in detail in the SWOT online database and mapping application at
http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot.
For reasons of space, the following abbreviations are used in the data source fields below: (1) “STAT” refers to “Coyne, M. S., and B. J. Godley.
2005. Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): An integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 301: 1–7. (2) “SWOT Online Database” refers to Kot, C. Y., E. Fujioka, A. D. DiMatteo, B. P. Wallace, B. J. Hutchinson,
J. Cleary, P. N. Halpin, and R. B. Mast. 2015. The State of the World’s Sea Turtles Online Database: Data provided by the SWOT Teamand hosted on OBIS-SEAMAP. Oceanic Society, IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group, and Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University.
http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot. (3) “OBIS-SEAMAP” refers to Halpin, P. N., A. J. Read, E. Fujioka, B. D. Best, B. Donnelly, L. J. Hazen,
C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. DiMatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L. B. Crowder, and K. D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data
center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104–115. When listed, these sources indicate that thedataset was contributed online through STAT, SWOT, or OBIS-SEAMAP.

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DATA RECORD 1

Metadata: 4 adult female Caretta caretta ;tags deployed in Japan. A total of 5 tags
were deployed, but only 4 transmitted.
Data Sources: Hatase, H., N. Takai,
Y. Matsuzawa, W. Sakamoto, K. Omuta,
K. Goto, N. Arai, and T. Fujiwara. 2002.
Size-related differences in feeding habitat useof adult female loggerhead turtles Caretta
caretta around Japan determined by stable
isotope analyses and satellite telemetry.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 233:273–281.
SWOT Contact: Hideo Hatase

DATA RECORD 2 | SWOT ID: 1546

Project Title: Post-nesting migration ofloggerhead turtles around Japan 2005
Project Partners: Atmosphere and Ocean
Research Institute, University of Tokyo, andYakushima Sea Turtle Research Group
Metadata: 2 adult female Caretta caretta ;tags deployed in Japan in 2005.
Data Sources: (1) Hatase, H., K. Omuta,
and K. Tsukamoto. 2007. Bottom or
midwater: Alternative foraging behaviours in
adult female loggerhead sea turtles. Journalof Zoology 273:46–55. (2) Hatase, H. 2017.
Post-nesting migration of loggerhead turtles
around Japan 2005. Data downloaded from
OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/
dataset/1546) on 2017-10-10. (3) STAT.
(4) OBIS-SEAMAP. (5) SWOT Online
Database.
SWOT Contact: Hideo Hatase

DATA RECORD 3 | SWOT ID: 1265

Project Title: Loggerhead turtle movementsin the Southern California Bight
Project Partners: NOAA-NMFS Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, NMFS West Coast
Regional Office, and Aquarium of the Pacific.
Metadata: 3 Caretta caretta ; tags deployedin southern California.
Data Source: (1) NOAA Southwest Fisheries
Science Center. 2018. Satellite tracking of
three loggerhead turtles in Mexico: Personalcommunication. In SWOT Report—The Stateof the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. XIII (2018).
(2) Seminoff, J., and T. Eguchi. 2016.
Loggerhead turtle movements in the Southern
California Bight. Data downloaded from
OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/
dataset/1265) on 2017-10-02. (3) OBISSEAMAP. (4) SWOT Online Database.
(5) STAT.
SWOT Contact: Jeffrey Seminoff

DATA RECORD 4 | SWOT ID: 931

Project Title: Peru Cabezonas
Project Partners: Jeffrey Mangel,
ProDelphinus, NOAA Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, Peter Dutton, Jeffrey
Seminoff, Denise Parker
Metadata: 15 subadult Caretta caretta ;tags deployed in Ilo and Pucusana, Peru, from2003 to 2007, on turtles that were bycaught
in line fisheries. Only 14 tags transmitted
effectively.
Data Sources: (1) Mangel, J. C.,
J. Alfaro-Shigueto, M. J. Witt, P. H. Dutton,
J. A. Seminoff and B. J. Godley. 2011.
Post-capture movements of loggerhead
turtles in the southeastern Pacific Ocean
assessed by satellite tracking. Marine Ecology
Progress Series 433:261–272. (2) STAT.
(3) SWOT Online Database.
SWOT Contact: Jeffrey Mangel

DATA RECORD 5
Metadata: 12 Caretta caretta ; tags

deployed in Baja California Sur, Mexico,from 1996 to 2005.
Data Sources: Peckham, S. H.,
D. Maldonado Diaz, A. Walli, G. Ruiz,
L. B. Crowder, and W. J. Nicholes. 2007.
Small-scale fisheries bycatch jeopardizes
endangered Pacific loggerhead turtles.
PLoS ONE 2(10): e1041.
SWOT Contact: Hoyt Peckham

DATA RECORD 6

Project Title: Adelita
Metadata: 1 Caretta caretta ; tag deployedin Baja California, Mexico. This turtle, known

as “Adelita,” was the first loggerhead to be
tracked crossing the Pacific Ocean; the tag
was deployed on July 19, 1994, on the central
Pacific coast of the Baja California peninsula
and was recovered, dead in a set net, by afisherman off the coast of Kyushu, Japan, 478
days later (November 9, 1995) after traveling
10,600 km.
Data Sources: (1) Nichols, W. J., A. Resendiz,
J. A. Seminoff, and B. Resendiz. 2000.
Transpacific migration of a loggerhead turtle
monitored by satellite telemetry. Bulletin ofMarine Science 67:937-47; (2) Resendiz, A.,
B. Resendiz, W. J. Nichols, J. A. Seminoff,and N. Kamezaki. 1998. First confirmed
east-west transpacific movement of aloggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta,
released in Baja California, Mexico. Pacific
Science 52(2):151–153
SWOT Contact: Wallace J. Nichols

DATA RECORD 7

Project Partners: Data were combined fromvarious studies carried out by the NOAA
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
in collaboration with many partners. See cited
literature for project partners and other details.
Metadata: 28 Caretta caretta ; tags
deployed at various locations in the Central
North Pacific Ocean on turtles caught
incidentally in commercial longline fisheries.
Data Sources: (1) Polovina, J. J.,
D. R. Kobayashi, D. M. Ellis, M. P. Seki, andG. H. Balazs. 2000. Turtles on the edge:
Movement of loggerhead turtles ( Caretta
caretta ) along oceanic fronts in the central
North Pacific, 1997-1998. Fisheries
Oceanography 9(1): 71–82. (2) Polovina, J. J.,
E. Howell, D. M. Parker, and G. H. Balazs.
2003. Dive-depth distribution of loggerhead(Caretta caretta) and olive ridley ( Lepidochelys
olivacea ) sea turtles in the central North
Pacific: Might deep longline sets catch fewer
turtles? Fisheries Bulletin 101(1):189–193.
(3) Chaloupka, M., D. Parker, and G. Balazs.
2004. Modelling post-release mortality ofloggerhead sea turtles exposed to the
Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 280:285–293.
(4) Polovina, J. J., G.H. Balazs, E. A. Howell,
D. M. Parker, M. P. Seki, and P. H. Dutton.
2004. Forage and migration habitat ofloggerhead ( Caretta caretta ) and olive ridley( Lepidochelys olivacea ) sea turtles in thecentral North Pacific Ocean. Fisheries
Oceanography 13(1): 36-51. (5) Polovina, J.,
I. Uchida, G. Balazs, E. A. Howell, D. Parker,
and P. Dutton. 2006. The Kuroshio Extension
bifurcation region: A pelagic hotpot forjuvenile loggerhead sea turtles. Deep Sea
Research Pt II: Top. Studies Oceanography53(3-4):326–339. (6) Kobayashi, D. R.,
J. J. Polovina, D. M. Parker, N. Kamezaki,
I.-J. Cheng, I., Uchida, P. H. Dutton, andG.H. Balazs. 2008. Pelagic habitat
characterization of loggerhead sea turtles,
Caretta caretta, in the North Pacific Ocean(1997–2006): Insights from satellite tag
tracking and remotely sensed data. Journalof Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
356:96–114. (7) Howell, E. A., P. H. Dutton,
J. J. Polovina, H. Bailey, D. M. Parker, andG. H. Balazs. 2010. Oceanographic influenceson the dive behavior of juvenile loggerhead
turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Pacific
Ocean. Marine Biology 157:1011–1026. (8)Abecassis, M., I. Senina, P. Lehodey, P. Gaspar,
D. Parker, G. Balazs, and J. Polovina. 2013.
A model of loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta
caretta ) habitat and movement in the oceanic
North Pacific. PLoS ONE 8(9): e73274.
(9) Parker, D. M., G. H. Balazs, M. R. Rice,and S. M. Tomkeiwicz. 2014. Variability in
Reception Duration of Dual Satellite Tags
on Sea Turtles Tracked in the Pacific Ocean.
Micronesica 2014–03. (10) Briscoe, D. K.,
D. M. Parker, S. Bograd, E. Hazen, K. Scales,
G. H. Balazs, M. Kurita, T. Saito, H. Okamoto,
M. Rice, J. J. Polovina, and L. B. Crowder. 2016.
Multi-year tracking reveals extensive pelagic
phase of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in
the North Pacific. Movement Ecology 4:23.
SWOT Contact: T. Todd Jones

DATA RECORD 8

Project Partners: Data were combined fromvarious studies carried out by the NOAA
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
in collaboration with many partners. See cited
literature for project partners and other details.
Metadata: 178 Caretta caretta ; tags
deployed in Japan on animals that were
captive reared by the Port of Nagoya Public
Aquarium and animals that were caught
incidentally in fisheries.
Data Sources: (1) Polovina, J., I. Uchida,
G. Balazs, E. A. Howell, D. Parker, and
P. Dutton. 2006. The Kuroshio Extension
bifurcation region: A pelagic hotpot forjuvenile loggerhead sea turtles. Deep Sea
Research Pt II: Top. Studies Oceanography53(3-4):326–339. (2) Kobayashi, D. R.,
J. J. Polovina, D. M. Parker, N. Kamezaki,
I.-J. Cheng, I. Uchida, P. H. Dutton, andG.H. Balazs. 2008. Pelagic habitat
characterization of loggerhead sea turtles,
Caretta caretta, in the North Pacific Ocean(1997–2006): Insights from satellite tag
tracking and remotely sensed data. Journalof Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
356:96-114. (3) Abecassis, M., I. Senina,
P. Lehodey, P. Gaspar, D. Parker, G. Balazs,
and J. Polovina. 2013. A model of loggerhead
sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ) habitat andmovement in the oceanic North Pacific.
PLoS ONE 8(9): e73274. (4) Parker, D. M.,
G. H. Balazs, M. R. Rice, and S. M. Tomkeiwicz.
2014. Variability in Reception Duration of
Dual Satellite Tags on Sea Turtles Tracked in
the Pacific Ocean. Micronesica 2014–03.
(5) Saito, T., M. Kurita, H. Okamoto, I.
Uchida, D. Parker, and G. Balazs. 2015.
Tracking male loggerhead turtle migrations
around southwestern Japan using satellite
telemetry. Chelonian Conservation and
Biology 14(1):82–87. (6) Briscoe, D. K.,
D. M. Parker, G. H. Balazs, M. Kurita, T. Saito,
H. Okamoto, M. Rice, J. J. Polovina, andL. B. Crowder. 2016. Active dispersal inloggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)
during the ‘lost years’. Proceedings of theRoyal Society B 283: 20160690. (7) Briscoe,
D. K., D. M. Parker, S. Bograd, E. Hazen,
K. Scales, G. H. Balazs, M. Kurita, T. Saito,
H. Okamoto, M. Rice, J. J. Polovina, andL. B. Crowder. 2016. Multi-year tracking
reveals extensive pelagic phase of juvenile
loggerhead sea turtles in the North Pacific.
Movement Ecology 4:23.
SWOT Contact: T. Todd Jones

DATA RECORD 9

Project Title: Loggerhead turtle movement
off the coast of Taiwan
Project Partners: Data are from the NOAA
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center(PIFSC) in collaboration with many partners.
See cited literature for project partners andother details.
Metadata: 34 Caretta caretta ; tags
deployed on turtles caught as bycatch in the
Taiwanese coastal poundnet fishery from2002 to 2008, Taiwan.
Data Sources: (1) Kobayashi, D. R.,
J. J. Polovina, D. M. Parker, N. Kamezaki,
I.-J. Cheng, I. Uchida, P. H. Dutton, andG.H. Balazs. 2008. Pelagic habitat
characterization of loggerhead sea turtles,
Caretta caretta, in the North Pacific Ocean(1997–2006): Insights from satellite tag
tracking and remotely sensed data. Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
356:96–114. (2) Kobayashi, D.R., I.-J. Cheng,
D.M. Parker, J.J. Polovina, N. Kamezaki, andG.H. Balazs. 2011. Loggerhead turtle ( Caretta
caretta ) movement off the coast of Taiwan:
characterization of a hotspot in the East
China Sea and investigation of mesoscaleeddies. ICES Journal of Marine Science 68(4):707–718. (3) Parker, D., G. Balazs, and
J. Polovina. 2015. Loggerhead turtle
movement off the coast of Taiwan. Data
downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://
seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1304) on
2017-02-23. (4) OBIS-SEAMAP.
SWOT Contacts: Denise Parker, George
Balazs, Jeffrey Polovina, and T. Todd Jones

DATA RECORD 10

Project Partners: NOAA Pacific Islands
Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) andAquarium des Lagons, Noumea, New
Caledonia
Metadata: 52 juvenile Caretta caretta ;tags deployed in 2008 and 2012 on animals
that were captive reared by the Aquarium
des Lagons in Noumea, New Caledonia.
Data Sources: (1) Kobayashi, D. R.,
R. Farman, J. J. Polovina, D. M. Parker,
M. Rice, and G. H. Balazs. 2014. ‘’Going withthe flow’’ or not: Evidence of positiverheotaxis in oceanic juvenile loggerhead
turtles ( Caretta caretta ) in the South Pacific
Ocean using satellite tags and ocean
circulation data. PLoS ONE 9(8): e103701.
(2) Christiansen, F., N. F. Putman, R. Farman,
D. M. Parker, M. R. Rice, J. J. Polovina,
G. H. Balazs, and G. C. Hays. 2016. Spatial
variation in directional swimming enables
juvenile sea turtles to reach and remain inproductive waters. Marine Ecology Progress
Series 557:247–259.
SWOT Contact: T. Todd Jones

DATA RECORD 11 | SWOT ID: 126

Project Title: Pacific turtle tracks:
Turtle-Safe Seas Project
Project Partners: Blue Ocean InstituteMetadata: 1 Caretta caretta ; tag deployedin Baja California, Mexico.
Data Sources: (1) Nichols, W. 2014. Pacificturtle tracks: Turtle-Safe Seas Project. Data
downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://
seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/126) on
2017–02-17. (2) OBIS-SEAMAP. (3) SWOT
Online Database.
SWOT Contact: Wallace J. Nichols

DATA RECORD 12

Project Title: Pacific Turtle Tracks: Grupo
Tortuguero
Project Partners: Grupo Tortuguero
Metadata: 12 Caretta caretta ; tags
deployed in Mexico from 1996 to 2001.
Data Sources: (1) Nichols, W. 2016. PacificTurtle Tracks: Grupo Tortuguero. Data
downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://
seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/317) on
2016-07-07. (2) OBIS-SEAMAP. (3) STAT.
SWOT Contact: Wallace J. Nichols

DATA RECORD 13 | SWOT ID: 1176

Project Title: Tortugas Marinas del Golfo
de California
Project Partners: Instituto Politécnico
Nacional CIIDIR Sinaloa, Red Tortuguera A.C.,
Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias A.C.,
Smithsonian Mason School of Conservation,
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología/
UNAM, and the local fishing communities of
La Reforma and Angostura.
Metadata: 6 Caretta caretta adults andsubadults; tags deployed in the Gulf ofCalifornia, Mexico.
Data Sources: (1) Zavala, A. 2016. Tortugas
Marinas del Golfo de California. Data
downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://
seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1176) on
2016–07-07. (2) OBIS-SEAMAP. (3) STAT.
(4) SWOT Database Online.
SWOT Contact: Alan Zavala

DATA RECORD 14

Metadata: 12 loggerheads; tags deployedin Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Data Source: Animal Telemetry Network.
2018. 12 loggerhead turtle tracks in Baja
California Sur, Mexico. Accessed January 11,2018 at http://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/
ATN/. ATN POC: Dr. Scott Eckert.
SWOT Contact: Animal Telemetry Network

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