. The Canadian field-naturalist. 2004 McAlpine, Orchard, Sendall, and Palm: Marine Turtles 75. Figure 4. Leatherback turtle photographed 4 August 2001 off Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia (Erik Simkin photo). Wing and Hodge (2002), and our own suggestions above, we describe C. mydas as a rare vagrant and and D. coriacea as an uncommon seasonal resident in British Columbia waters. However, we would add there has been no effort to methodically collect infor- mation from dead stranded turtles nor, until a recent initiative by the Vancouver Aquarium (C. Sbrocchi, personal
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 2004 McAlpine, Orchard, Sendall, and Palm: Marine Turtles 75. Figure 4. Leatherback turtle photographed 4 August 2001 off Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia (Erik Simkin photo). Wing and Hodge (2002), and our own suggestions above, we describe C. mydas as a rare vagrant and and D. coriacea as an uncommon seasonal resident in British Columbia waters. However, we would add there has been no effort to methodically collect infor- mation from dead stranded turtles nor, until a recent initiative by the Vancouver Aquarium (C. Sbrocchi, personal communication to DFM), to acquire sightings data on marine turtle abundance or frequency off British Columbia. Anecdotal information on several Leatherback occurrences is included in the KSM Wutsiin newsletter noted above, indicating canvas- sing local communities, and especially native fishers, could be a source of information on marine turtle occurrences in British Columbia. Additionally, Glen Jamieson (Pacific Biological Station, personal commu- nication to DFM) reports that Leatherbacks are "periodically seen off the west coast of [Vancouver Island]" and Frank Bernard (Pacific Biological Station, personal communication to SAO) reported that he had seen as many as six Leatherbacks in a day 80-320 km off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Reports of the Pacific Ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea, and the Logger- head, Caretta caretta, for Alaska (Hodge and Wing 2000) suggest focused investigations may reveal these species also occur off the British Columbia coast. Acknowledgments We thank the following individuals for sharing British Columbia marine turtle observations and infor- mation with us and allowing us to include their reports here: Scott Buchanan, Barry Campbell, Graeme ElUs, Glen Jamieson, Marilyn Joyce, Wayne and Virginia Flood, Ken Morgan, Carla Sbrocchi, Eric Simkin. Jane Watson, Kris Willcock, and the late Frank Bernard. In particular, we would like to tha
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