Presence and type of fishing activity within the vicinity of sea turtle sightings

Datatype: text
Allowed values:
None 630
gill nets 13
longlines 5
pots or traps 3
sport fishing charter 7
trolling or handline 26
seine nets 2
shirmp trawler 6
small net 7
Created by: upwell_mexico upwell_mexico
Values:

Observations specifying this field

Observation Fishing activites

Photos / Sounds

What

Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus)

Observer

gmucientes

Date

April 15, 2023
longlines

Photos / Sounds

What

Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

Observer

gmucientes

Date

March 25, 2024

Description

Observation by Tiago Cidade (CIBIO). Scientific tagging survey.

longlines

Photos / Sounds

What

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Observer

joescience1

Date

March 18, 2024 07:19 PM PDT

Description

Stocked lake, “Lightning trout” mutation. Stumpy tail, saw another with same condition, unsure of evidence of predation or inbreeding.

trolling or handline

Photos / Sounds

What

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Observer

charcoscompanhia

Date

March 2017

Place

Portugal (Google, OSM)

Description

Observada durante o Coastwatch 2017

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Observer

charcoscompanhia

Date

November 2023

Place

Portugal (Google, OSM)

Description

Registada no ICAO
https://icao.seo.org/pt/

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Observer

charcoscompanhia

Date

November 2023

Place

Portugal (Google, OSM)

Description

Registada no ICAO
https://icao.seo.org/pt/

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

Observer

charcoscompanhia

Date

December 2023

Place

Portugal (Google, OSM)

Description

Registada no ICAO
https://icao.seo.org/pt/

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)

Observer

joescience1

Date

December 1998

Description

Found on beach, seemed odd to find fins were left on.

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Smooth Hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

Observer

joescience1

Date

December 1998

Description

Found on beach, seemed odd fins were left

None

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

Observer

lindaparsons

Date

January 8, 2024
None

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

willij9

Date

August 2023

Place

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

Description

False crawl

None

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

Observer

bradconnell

Date

July 2023
None

Photos / Sounds

What

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Observer

madisonbryan

Date

December 2022

Place

Mexico (Google, OSM)
None

Photos / Sounds

What

Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

Observer

jeffreyevans

Date

May 2023

Description

Found dead on shoreline at mouth of Potomac River near Ophelia, Virginia, May 25, 2023

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Observer

venomous2533

Date

May 2023

Place

Maldives (Google, OSM)
None

Photos / Sounds

What

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Observer

mfza92

Date

January 2023

Place

Mexico (Google, OSM)

Description

Hembra anidando

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

mani_raab

Date

February 2023

Description

Sorry for the poor quality, the pictures are from a video a friend made

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

toutterrain

Date

March 2019

Place

Oman (Google, OSM)
gill nets

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

luispb

Date

December 2022

Place

Missing Location
None

Photos / Sounds

What

Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Observer

alboertoalcala

Date

December 2021

Place

Colima, MX (Google, OSM)
gill nets

Photos / Sounds

What

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Observer

cady17

Date

August 2022

Place

Mexico (Google, OSM)
None

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

jmartincrossley

Date

September 22, 2012 08:30 AM AEST

Tags

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

jmartincrossley

Date

February 2004

Place

Missing Location

Description

‎22 ‎February ‎2004, ‏‎10:47:52 PM

None

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

jmartincrossley

Date

November 2005

Place

Missing Location
None

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

jmartincrossley

Date

November 2005

Place

Missing Location
None

Photos / Sounds

What

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Observer

jmartincrossley

Date

July 21, 2013 04:00 PM AEST

Description

Adult surfaced 30m from boat in flatcalm sea, clearly seeing head and carapice whilst boating in the Moreton Bay shipping navigation channel (~18m depth) that passes Tangalooma.

trolling or handline

Photos / Sounds

What

Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

Observer

ctaklis

Date

June 2022
gill nets

Photos / Sounds

What

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Observer

steelhead12

Date

June 2022

Place

Missing Location
None

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Observer

djlavor

Date

February 2022

Description

Note the single pair of pre-frontal scales; rounded face; serrated jaw. This was one of three GST I found swimming in a shallow lagoon.

None
None
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Comments

@profaunabaja: Ok, I merged the other field with the same name into this one. I added "small net" as an option here as that was an option in use in the other one, you might want to change that?

Posted by tony_wills about 8 years ago

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