SWOT — Terms of Use

Not to use data contained in SeaTurtleStatus.org in any publication, product, or commercial application without prior written consent of the original data provider.
To cite both the data provider and SeaTurtleStatus.org appropriately after approval of use is obtained.

Suggested citation: Kinan, I., ed. 2005. Proceedings of the Second Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research and Management Workshop . Volume I: West Pacific Leatherback and Southwest Pacific Hawksbill Sea Turtles. 17-21 May 2004, Honolulu, HI. Honolulu, HI, USA: Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. Available at: http://www.SeaTurtleStatus.org, Accessed on February 09, 2006.

Not to hold SeaTurtleStatus.org or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. Notes in regard to the interactive map of global Leatuerback Sea Turtle Nesting Sites:

Data quality: This map and linked database are the first step in an evolving process. Due to variability in the amount and kind of infomration collected at each nesting site, some included measures are based on estimates, and not actual data. These estimates are based on clutch frequncy values for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, taken from the best-studied beaches in each geographic region. Caution should be used when making comparisons among nesting sites.

Data use: No data point on this map may be utilized without representing its original source.

Photo credits

Main Page Image:	©BRIAN SKERRY / National Geographic

Righthand column images:
A Crowd Observes the Return to Sea	©NICOLAS J. PILCHER
Scientists Swim with the Turtles	©GRUPO TORTUGUERO
Local Community Conservation	©EMRE TURAK / www.SeaTurtleStatus.org
Tracking a Baby Leatherback	©2004 GENE BEDNAREK / www.southlight.com
The Hatching of a Leatherback Nest	©SUZANNE LIVINGSTONE / University of Glasgow
Leatherback with Tracking Device	©GEORGE SHILLINGER / Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP)
Releasing a Head-Started Turtle	©NICOLAS J. PILCHER
A Cluster of Kemp's Ridleys	©THANE WIBBELS
Young Green Turtle at Sea	©NICOLAS J. PILCHER
Young Scientists Study the Sea	Courtesy of JOSE URTEAGA
Working with the Community	©DAVID WACHENFELD / Triggerfish Images
Grupo Tortuguero Education Program	©GRUPO TORTUGUERO
A Leatherback Nests on the Shore	©JOHAN CHEVALIER
A Flotilla of Mating Green Turtles	©DAVID DOUBILET
About the Turtles:
Species Illustrations	©CESAR LANDAZABAL / Conservation International
Top 10 Burning Issues:
Leatherbacks in the Pacific	©MINDEN IMAGES
Olive Ridleys in Orissa, India	©MICHAEL JENSEN
Kemp’s Ridleys in the Gulf of Mexico	©JAIME PENA
Hawksbills of the Caribbean	©CAYMAN ISLANDS Dept. of the Environment
Pacific Loggerheads in Japan and East Australia)	©MINDEN IMAGES
Green Turtles of the Mediterranean	©MINDEN IMAGES
Green and Hawksbill Turtles of Southeast Asia	©MINDEN IMAGES
Loggerheads in the Southeastern U.S.	©MINDEN IMAGES
Green Turtles in the Caribbean	©CAROLINE ROGERS
Atlantic Greens and Leatherbacks off Africa	©NICOLAS J. PILCHER
Unsolved Mysteries: The Sea Turtle Files
Where do sea turtles spend their first years of life?	©NICOLAS J. PILCHER
What are the ecological roles of sea turtles, and how many are needed to fulfill those roles?	©CANADIAN SEA TURTLE NETWORK
What proportion of male to female sea turtles is necessary to maintain a healthy population?	©DAVID DOUBILET
How do sea turtles sense their environment?	©JAMI GARRISON
How do sea turtles navigate?	©KENNETH J. LOHMANN
What causes fibropapillomas?	©CHRIS JOHNSON
How will climate change affect sea turtles?	©MATTHEW WITT / Marine Turtle Research Group
Data Contributors:
Rotney Pietra and Elizabeth Velez	Courtesy of THE LEATHERBACK TRUST
Ketut Putra	Courtesy of KETUT PUTRA
Creusa "Tetha" Hitipeuw	Courtesy of RICHARD RICE
Jose Urteaga	Courtesy of JOSE URTEAGA
Ronel Nel	Courtesy of RONEL NEL
Kimberly Stewart	Courtesy of KIMBERLY STEWART
In Memoriam
Boyd Lyon	Courtesy of JEFFREY SEMINOFF
Frances Velay	Courtesy of KATHY BRICKER / The Ocean Conservancy