Ocean Ambassadors -- Tracking Turtles by Satellite

OCEAN AMBASSADORS

Tracking Results

Using satellite telemetry, this site tracks the green turtles of the Turtle Islands the border of Sabah, Malaysia and Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. The tracking results tell some very interesting stories about these endangered species' time around the islands and their migration.

The Turtle Islands are the first trans-frontier protected area for sea turtles in the world and Southeast Asia's single most important green turtle conservation area

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Where are they?

We are no longer receiving any signals from our Ambassadors. Based on poor quality location data (LC B), Tara's (PTT 10449) location at 05:12:44 GMT last 07 July was 8.273N 117.130E, south of Palawan, where she'd been tracked since 23 May 2001; at 00:58:26 last 21 June 2001, Phil (PTT 16226) was at 6.816N 121.076E in the Jolo-Basilan area; at 18:08:12 GMT on 07 June 2001, Tierra (PTT 16132) was at 6.100N 118.449E near Baguan Island, where she was tagged last 12 March 2001; and Trixie's (PTT 10033) last location (based on good quality data) was estimated on 25 March 2001 at 6.598N 118.444E (north of Baguan Island) at 17:34 GMT.

See latest animation (requires Flash 5.0 player):
Phil, Tierra, Tara, Trixie
See satellite data tables:
Phil, Tierra, Tara, Trixie
See turtle profiles:
Tara, Trixie
(Profiles for PTT 16226 and PTT 16132 still have to be collated from field records)

What could have happened to Trixie?

RESULTS FROM OTHER GREEN TURTLE TRACKING (1998/1999)

Laila
Tagged on July 20, 1999 at 17:00 GMT on Baguan Island, Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Tracking lasted for 2 weeks, after which contact was lost

Anita
Tagged on July 20, 1999 at 17:00 GMT on Selingaan Island, Sabah Turtle Islands, Malaysia. No good position calculations recceived.

Hani
Transmitter attached October 17, 1998 on Baguan Island, Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Track based on good position calculations received from October 21, 1998 to December 31, 1998.

Yumi
Transmitter attached October 16, 1998 on Baguan Island, Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Track based on good position calculations received from October 22, 1998 to January 29, 1999

RESULTS FROM HAWKSBILL TURTLE TRACKING (2000/2001)
(Data courtesy of Sabah Parks, Malaysia and National Marine Fisheries Service)

Marina
Transmitter attached October 6, 2000 on Gulisaan Island, Sabah Turtle Islands, Malaysia. Track based on good position calculations received from October 6, 2000 to November 23, 2000.

Mariana
Transmitter attached January 9, 2001 on Gulisaan Island, Sabah Turtle Islands, Malaysia. Track based on good position calculations received from January 10, 2001 to April 12, 2001.

See turtle profiles:
Marina, Mariana, Maria (tagged October 4, 2000; no good quality location data received)

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