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Researchers with FWRI’s marine turtle program inventoried all in-water marine turtle research conducted in Florida.
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To successfully recover populations, the complex life histories of long-lived marine turtles must be understood.
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During the summer, FWRI's Marine Turtle team conducts research in Florida Bay. This interview with Allen Foley was conducted on a boat after the capture of a loggerhead turtle.
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The Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) collaborated on a legislative initiative to transfer administrative responsibilities for the sea turtle grants program from FWC to the CCC.
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Florida Bay is an important sea turtle habitat located between the southern tip of the Florida peninsula and the Florida Keys.
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FWRI researchers are working on the mystery surrounding the first years of a sea turtle’s life. Although most of this “lost years” period is spent in the open ocean far from land, young turtles are observed in the Gulf Stream off Florida’s east coast.
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