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LIVE TAGGING PROJECT

According to Alejandro Arenas' graphic display both Green and Loggerhead hacthlings were beach tagged and released at Xcacel from 1990 to 1999. In addition, there were tagging and releasing from Xcaret.

SCUTE MARKINGS

GREEN TURTLE
L1 = 1993 R1 = 1998
L2 = 1995 R2 = 1990
L3 = 1996 R3 = 1991
L4 = 1997 R4 = 1992

LOGGERHEAD
L1 = 1995 R1 = 1991
L2 = 1996 R2 = 1992
L3 = 1997 R3 = 1999
L4 = 1998 R4 = 0

NUMBER OF RELEASED HATCHLINGS

GREEN TURTLE
1990.........................................512
1991.....................................1,281
1992........................................484
1993........................................247
1994............................................0
1995......................................3,211
1996......................................7,429
1997......................................5,169
1998....................................12,350
1999.............................................0


LOGGERHEAD
1990.............................................0
1991......................................1,343
1992.........................................122
1993.............................................0
1994.............................................0
1995......................................4,023
1996......................................4,025
1997....................................11,811
1998......................................8,000
1999....................................15,000


The above information was culled from the "Live Tagging Project" chart by Alejandro Arenas 5 September 2000.

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