. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Porpoise Track. Turtle Data Adding Glooal Census A By Katie Mosher . Pamlico Sound turtle-tracking study is offering some surprising results — and the data sets have implications on the local, state, national and global levels. The project is a "window into the lives and movements of sea amies that we've never had before," says Andrew Read of Duke University Marine Laboratory, who presented preliminary data at the 2004 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Porpoise Track. Turtle Data Adding Glooal Census A By Katie Mosher . Pamlico Sound turtle-tracking study is offering some surprising results — and the data sets have implications on the local, state, national and global levels. The project is a "window into the lives and movements of sea amies that we've never had before," says Andrew Read of Duke University Marine Laboratory, who presented preliminary data at the 2004 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). While Read says it is too early to draw firm conclusions, he was surprised by a group of turtles that headed to the open ocean — including one loggerhead tagged and released in September 2002 that went "half-way to Africa," then turned back. By February 2004, it had traveled about 6,500 miles. The turtle study is designed to determine movements of loggerheads and other turtles in an effort to reduce the number of turtles caught in flounder gill nets. The study is supported by the Fishery Resource Grant Program (FRG), which is funded by the General Assembly and administered by North Carolina Sea Grant. Continued COASTWATCH 23. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program]
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