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
Kemp's Ridley
Green TurtlePlease 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
- Lamont MM, Carthy RR, Fujisaki I (2012) Declining reproductive parameters highlight conservation needs of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. ChelonConservBiol 11:190-196
- Monte-Luna P, Guzmán-Hernández V, Cuevas EA, Arreguín-Sánchez F, Lluch-Belda D (2012) Effect of North Atlantic climate variability on hawksbill turtles in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. JExpMarBiolEcol 412:103-109
- Leung M-R, Marchand M, Stykel S, Huynh M, Flores JD (2012) The effect of localized oil spills on the Atlantic loggerhead turtle population dynamics. OpenJEcol 2:109-114
- Witherington B, Hirama S, Hardy R (2012) Young sea turtles of the pelagic Sargassum-dominated drift community: Habitat use, population density, and threats. MarEcolProgSer 463:1-22
- Goodman Hall A, Belskis LC (2012) Guide to the aerial identification of sea turtles in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico . NOAA Tech Report NMFS-SEFSC-633 24pp
- Avens L, Goshe LR, Harms CA, Anderson ET, Hall AG, Cluse WM, Godfrey MH, Braun-McNeill J, Stacy B, Bailey R, Lamont MM (2012) Population characteristics, age structure, and growth dynamics of neritic juvenile green turtles in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. MarEcolProgSer 458:213-229
- Hart KM, Sartain AR, Fujisaki I, Pratt Jr HL, Morley D, Feeley MW (2012) Home range, habitat use, and migrations of hawksbill turtles tracked from Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA. MarEcolProgSer 457:193-207
- Barkaszi MJ, Butler M, Compton R, Unietis A, Bennet B (2012) Seismic survey mitigation measures and marine mammal observer reports. BOEM Tech Report 2012-015 pp
- Peterson CH, Coleman FC, Jackson JB, Turner RE, Rowe GT, Barber RT, Bjorndal KA, Carney RS, Cowen RK, Hoekstra JM, Hollibaugh JT, Laska SB, Luettich Jr RA, Osenberg CW, Roady SE, Senner S, Teal JM, Wang P (2011) A once and future Gulf of Mexico ecosystem: Restoration recommendations of an expert working group. pp
- Price B, Gearhart J (2011) Evaluations of turtle excluder device (TED) performance in U.S. southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico skimmer trawl fisheries. NOAA Tech Report 615 22pp