Track Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico
Latest locations of animals being tracked in the Gulf of Mexico.
Click on map or individual projects below for more details.
Loggerhead
Green Turtle
Kemp's RidleyPlease note that the map and projects do not provide a complete picture of sea turtle distribution in the Gulf of Mexico. There are many significant rookeris in the Gulf of Mexico that are not represented by current tracking efforts.
Satellite Tracking of Sharks off Florida's Gulf Coast
Conservancy of SW Florida Keewaydin Island Turtle Tracking Project
Charlotte Harbor - Kemp's ridleys
Study of Adult Loggerheads in Florida Bay
TAMUG Kemp's Ridley Nesters - 2011
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Satellite Tracking - Gulf of Mexico
Rancho Nuevo, Mexico Kemp's Ridley Tracking 2010-2011
Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program-2011
Padre Island National Seashore Green Sea Turtle Tracking Program
Keeping in Touch
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Oil Spill Links
Google Crisis Response - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
NOAA National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration
Unified Command for the BP Oil Spill | Deepwater Horizon Response
NOAA Southeast Region Office - Federal Fisheries Closure and Other Information
US Fish & Wildlife Service Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
Marine Turtle Newsletter
Recent Publications
- Antonio FJ, Mendes RS, Thomaz SM (2011) Identifying and modeling patterns of tetrapod vertebrate mortality rates in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. AquatToxicol 105:177-179
- Stokes L (2011) Bibliography of marine turtle research in the Gulf of Mexico. NMFS-SEFSC Tech Report 613 54pp
- Price AB, Gearhart JL (2011) Evaluations of turtle excluder device (TED) performance in the U.S. Southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico skimmer trawl fisheries. NMFS-SEFSC Tech Report 615 15pp
- Williams R, Gero S, Bejder L, Calambokidis J, Kraus SD, Lusseau D, Read AJ, Robbins J (2011) Underestimating the damage: interpreting cetacean carcass recoveries in the context of the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident. ConservLetters 4:228-233
- Merrill MW, Salmon M (2011) Magnetic orientation by hatchling loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from the Gulf of Mexico. MarBiol 158:101-112
- Bjorndal KA, Bowen BW, Chaloupka M, Crowder LB, Heppell SS, Jones CM, Lutcavage ME, Policansky D, Solow AR, Witherington BE (2011) Better science needed for restoration in the Gulf of Mexico. Science 331:537-538
- National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (2011) Federal environmental review of oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico: Environmental consultations, permits, and authorizations. pp
- USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) (2010) U.S. Gulf of Mexico sea turtle habitat areas - loggerhead. pp
- USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) (2010) U.S. Gulf of Mexico sea turtle habitat areas - leatherback. pp
- USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) (2010) U.S. Gulf of Mexico sea turtle habitat areas - hawksbill and green. pp