PAWIKAN CONSERVATION PROJECT MARINE TURTLE TAGGING DATA FORM

1. Species (please refer to species identification key):

( ) green turtle ( ) hawksbill ( ) olive ridley ( ) loggerhead ( ) leatherback

2. Sex of sea turtle: ( ) male ( ) female How was sex determined? __________________________________________

3. Date of capture: ____________________ Geographic Coordinates:

Latitude : _______________
Longitude: ________________

4. Place of Capture: _________________________________

5. Method of Capture (e.g. trapped in net, buklod, bungsod, hook & line, pls. Specify): _____________________________

6. Activity of captured sea turtle: ( ) swimming ( ) mating

( ) feeding ( ) others (please specify):
( ) nesting _________________________

7. Curved Carapace length (cm.) _______

8. Curved Carapace width (cm.) __________

9. Serial No. of existing tag/s attached to the flipper/s of the sea turtle (DO NOT REMOVE TAG/S) from the flippers:
Right tag: ________ Left tag: _________

10. If new tag/s are applied, serial no. of tag/s (applied on both flippers):
Right tag: ________ Left tag: _________

11. Date when sea turtle was tagged: __________

12. Date of release of sea turtle: __________

13. Place of release of sea turtle: _______________

14. Remarks (pls. Note pappillomas, propeller damage, no entanglement, tar/oil, mutilation, etc.): __________

15. Name/s and address of person/s who caught/captured/turned-over/ donated the sea turtle (attached separate sheet if necessary):
___________________________________________________
16. Name/s and position/s of DENR and ENRO personnel responsible for tagging/releasing the sea turtle:
______________________________________________________________________________________

Do not re-tag sea turtles unless the tags are: Please submit with top view photos of tagged/released sea turtle:
(1) Unreadable PCP-PAWB-DENR
(2) About to fall off from its attachment Ninoy Aquino Park and Wildlife Nature Center, Quezon Av., Quezon City 1100
(3) There is only one tag Tel. No. (02) 9246031-35 Telefax; (632) 9282096,9246031
(4) There exists a foreign tag E-mail: pawikan@psdn.org.ph or pawikan@edsamail.com.ph