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    • Summary of sea turtle strandings documented by NOAA Galveston 1989-2015

    Metadata Updated: June 1, 2025

    The database contains records pertaining to all sea turtles recovered by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory as the local representative of the Southeast Fisheries Science Centers Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network STSSN. The data includes morphometrics at the time of stranding, species and condition of the sea turtle at the time of stranding and documentation of tags present. It also contains information on the geographic ___location of the stranding.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 1989 (creation), 2017 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update monthly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS SEFSC

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 1989 (creation), 2017 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26881
    Access Constraints Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Summary of sea turtle strandings documented by NOAA Galveston 1989-2015 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26881., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: Not For Use in litigation
    Bbox East Long -93.838005
    Bbox North Lat 29.68
    Bbox South Lat 28.937322
    Bbox West Long -95.295206
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update monthly
    Harvest Object Id 85aca39b-2162-4828-8457-15f89894d7b6
    Harvest Source Id ca759a40-507d-4d0c-8f8c-64b3c5e05066
    Harvest Source Title NMFS SEFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-95.295206, 28.937322], [-93.838005, 28.937322], [-93.838005, 29.68], [-95.295206, 29.68], [-95.295206, 28.937322]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1989

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