A seven week survey (7 May-27 June 1989) was conducted at Ensenada Cipara (62º42'W,
10º45'N), Paria Peninsula, Sucre State, with the objective of observing reproductive activities …

Results of the Sea Turtle Surveys in the Península de Paria (Sucre State Venezuela) in 1992
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Chile is characterized by colder waters than are usually thought to attract marine turtles, yet
records of turtle catches are many. In contrast with fishermen in northwestern South America …

The Laguna de Tacarigua National Park was promulgated in 1972. Initially, its 18,400
hectares were constituted mainly for an impressive estuarine lagoon, circled by mangroves …

Two adult female leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, were drowned by a purse
seine using hand-crafted albacore fishing gear off the southwestern coast of Mocha Island …

The Caribbean beaches of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, provide important nesting
sites for the green (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles, and …

A tagging program initiated by the US Fish and Wildlife Service on Culebra National Wildlife
Refuge, Isla de Culebra, Puerto Rico was undertaken to describe a previously unstudied …

During the late 1960s and 1970s, I tagged between 2000 and 3000 nesting females of each
of three turtle species (Dermochelys coriacea, Lepidochelys olivacea, Chelonia mydas) in …

In 1991, aquatic surveys were conducted on the Peninsula de Paria by the Sea Turtle
Project of the National Parks Authority (DGSPN). Two areas were surveyed, one zone …