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.
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Loggerhead
Green Turtle
Kemp's Ridley
Loggerhead Green Turtle Kemp's Ridley
Please 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.
LMC TrackingVirginia Aquarium and US NAVY Sea Turtle Research Project
New England Aquarium Sea Turtle Release 2013
Track Me at the ESC II
Virginia Aquarium Sea Turtle Research
TAMUG/NRDA Kemp's ridley 2013
IMMS Ridley 6
Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program-2013
Spatial distribution patterns of adult male loggerhead sea turtles captured by research trawling in the Southeast US
Bonaire Turtle Tracking 2012
Padre Island National Seashore Male Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program
Padre Island Juvenile Kemp's Ridley
IMMS Ridley 5
Veracruz, Mexico Kemp's Ridley Tracking 2012 and 2013
Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program-2012
TAMUG/NPS/NRDA Kemp's ridley nesters 2012
Oceanic Loggerhead Project
Casey Key Loggerheads 2012-2013
Cayman Turtle Farm Green Sea Turtle Releases
IMMS Ridley 4
Punta Allen, Mexico
Migratory routes and husbandry areas identificacion for marine turtles in Yucatan Peninsula
'Atlas' Loggerhead Sea Turtle Release
TRACK ME AT THE ESC
IMMS Ridley 3
Padre Island National Seashore Green Sea Turtle Tracking Program
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Satellite Tracking - Gulf of Mexico
Movements and Habitat Associations of Neonate Sea Turtles
Alabama Sea Turtles
Northeast Florida Green Turtle Tracking Project
TAMUG Kemp's Ridley Nesters - 2011
IMMS Ridley 2
Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program-2011
Casey Key Loggerheads 2011
Study of Loggerheads in Florida Bay
IMMS Ridley 1
Charlotte Harbor - Kemp's ridleys
Louisiana Sea Turtle Rescue Program
Guanahacabibes, Cuba - Green Turtles
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center - Satellite Tracking - AMAPPS
Northern Gulf of Mexico sea turtles
Cape San Blas Loggerheads
“SATELLITE TELEMETRY OF GREEN TURTLES (Chelonia mydas) NESTING IN LECHUGUILLAS, VERACRUZ-MEXICO”
Rancho Nuevo, Mexico Kemp's Ridley Tracking 2010-2011
North Carolina Long-Term Sea Turtle Monitoring Project
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Satellite Tracking - AMAPPS
Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program-2010
Turtle Hospital, Marathon Florida
Caribbean Colombian Hawksbill Satellite Tracking
Casey Key Loggerheads 2010
Understanding the effects of climate change on Caribbean hawksbill turtles: Cuba
Green Turtle Tracking in San Diego Bay, California USA
LMMSTRP-Kemp's Ridley 1
North Carolina Rehabilitated Sea Turtle Monitoring Project
Conservancy of SW Florida Keewaydin Island Turtle Tracking Project
Dry Tortugas Sea Turtles
TAMUG Kemp's Ridley Tracking
Casey Key Loggerheads 2009
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center Sea Turtle Tracking
National Marine Life Center: Sea Turtle Releases
Georgia Sea Turtle Center and Georgia Aquarium Monitoring of Released Turtles
Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program-2008
TAMUG Kemp's Ridley Nesters 2007-2008
Georgia Sea Turtle Center - Monitoring of Rehabilitated Patients
Casey Key Loggerheads 2008
Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program-2006
Bald Head Island 2007: Loggerhead Turtles
DCNA - Bonaire 2007 Tracking Project
Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program Tracking
TAMUG Loggerhead Tracking
TAMUG Kemp's Ridley Tracking 2007
Cayman Islands 2006: Green Turtle
Cape Cod Sea Turtle Release 2006
Bald Head Island 2006: Loggerhead Turtles
TAMUG Green Turtle Tracking
Migratory patterns of Yucatan Peninsula hawksbills
Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program-2007
Mote Marine Laboratory - Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital
Transatlantic migration and foraging behaviour of Azorean loggerheads
Distributional Patterns of Reproductively Mature Adult Male Loggerheads from Cape Canaveral, FL
Padre Island National Seashore Kemp's Ridley Tracking Program-2005
Cayman Islands 2005: Green Turtles
Bald Head Island 2005: Loggerhead Turtles
Georgia Loggerhead Tracking Project 2005
Casey Key Loggerheads 2005-2006
Casey Key Loggerheads 2007
NC Aquariums Turtle Trails
Juvenile Green Turtles in NW Florida II
TAMUG Kemp's Ridley Tracking 2004-2006
Cayman Islands 2004: Loggerhead & Green Turtles
Seasonal Distributional Patterns of Juvenile Loggerheads from the Southeast
Bald Head Island 2004: Loggerhead Turtles
Georgia Loggerhead Tracking Project 2004
Rehabilitated sea turtles from Topsail Island, North Carolina
Juvenile Green Turtles in Northwest Florida
Duke Marine Lab Sea Turtle Satellite Telemetry Project in NC
VIMS Sea Turtle Research Program
SCDNR Nesting Female Satellite Telemetry Project
Cayman Islands 2003: Loggerhead & Green Turtles
Keeping in Touch
Join the Gulf of Mexico Sea Turtle Network listserv by sending an e-mail message to the webmaster.Oil Spill Links
Sea Turtles, Dolphins, and Whales and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - Office of Protected Resources = NOAA Fisheries
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
Live video link from the ROV monitoring the damaged riser
Marine Turtle Newsletter
Recent Publications
- Phillips KF, Mansfield KL, Die DJ, Addison DA (2014) Survival and remigration probabilities for loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. MarBiol 161:863-870
- Gallaway BJ, Caillouet CW Jr, Plotkin PT, Gazey WJ, Cole JG, Raborn SW (2013) Kemp's Ridley Stock Assessment Project: Final Report. 291pp
- 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
- 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
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