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FLSTSSN Archived Sea Turtle Stranding Data

Here we provide data on dead, sick, or injured sea turtles documented in Florida since 1980. Two formats are available.

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Below are tables reporting on dead, sick, or injured sea turtles documented in Florida during 1980–2005. The data are organized by year and then either by county and species or by county, species, and month. The data source is the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Data Base.

Common name equivalents of the scientific names given in the tables are as follows:

Caretta caretta = loggerhead

Chelonia mydas = green turtle

Lepidochelys kempii = Kemp's ridley

Eretmochelys imbricata = hawksbill

Dermochelys coriacea = leatherback

Lepidochelys olivacea = olive ridley

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Map of Florida showing the coastal counties (12 KB)

2005

• 2005 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (36 KB)
• 2005 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (272 KB)

2004

• 2004 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (36 KB)
• 2004 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (272 KB)

2003

• 2003 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (36 KB)
• 2003 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (264 KB)

2002

• 2002 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 2002 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (52 KB)

2001

• 2001 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 2001 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (52 KB)

2000

• 2000 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 2000 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1999

• 1999 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1999 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1998

• 1998 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1998 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1997

• 1997 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1997 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1996

• 1996 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1996 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1995

• 1995 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1995 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1994

• 1994 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1994 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1993

• 1993 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1993 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1992

• 1992 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1992 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1991

• 1991 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1991 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1990

• 1990 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1990 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1989

• 1989 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1989 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1988

• 1988 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1988 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1987

• 1987 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1987 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1986

• 1986 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1986 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1985

• 1985 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1985 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1984

• 1984 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1984 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1983

• 1983 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1983 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1982

• 1982 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1982 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1981

• 1981 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1981 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

1980

• 1980 Sea Turtle Strandings (Species and County) (12 KB)
• 1980 Sea Turtle Strandings (County, Species, and Month) (48 KB)

View theGIS Map of Statewide Turtle Stranding Data on the the Marine Resources GIS (MRGIS) data page. The link to the MRGIS Internet Map Server is at the bottom of the MRGIS IMS article. To make a map of turtle data, select " turtles" as current map view, and navigate using menu on the left side.

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