Sea Turtle Observer Training Videos

Observer Training Videos
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Sea Turtle Observer Video [mpg]
complete version (103.0 MB) 34:23 min

Introduction (2.4 MB) 0:48 sec
Species Identification (14.5 MB) 4:48 min
Sex Determination (1.7 MB) 0:33 sec
Procedures for Non-Boated Turtles (7.4 MB) 2:27 min
Procedures for Boated Turtles (6.4 MB) 2:06 min
External Exam (19.9 MB) 6:36 min
Hookings & Resuscitations (6.1 MB) 2:00 min
Tools and Preparations (2.2 MB) 0:43 sec
Flipper Tagging (8.1 MB) 2:41 min
Measuring (12.7 MB) 4:12 min
PIT Tagging (7.9 MB) 2:36 min
Biopsy Sample Collection (3.3 MB) 1:05 min
Blood Collection & Handling (5.8 MB) 1:54 min
Summary & Credits (4.7 MB) 1:33 min

Leatherbacks Aboard [mpg] (92.4 MB) 9:03 min
demonstrates a technique to bring a leatherback sea turtle aboard a commercial fishing vessel to safely release it from fishing gear

Removing Fishing Gear from Longline Caught Sea Turtles [mpg] (257.0 MB) 25:13 min
details the tools and techniques for safely removing hooks and line from incidentally captured sea turtles. These files are very large and may take several minutes to download.

Translations and Sections (Posted 2/2006):

Removing Fishing Gear from Longline Caught Sea Turtles	Como extraer aparejos de pesca de las tortugas atrapadas en sedales de palangre (Spanish translation)	Tiếng Việt Nam (Vietnamese translation)
Removing Fishing Gear from Longline Caught Sea Turtles (complete) [mov] (81.7 MB) 25:02	Como extraer aparejos de pesca de las tortugas atrapadas en sedales de palangre (completo) [mov] (84.1 MB) 24:58	Tiếng Việt Nam (Tất cả) [mov] (84.1 MB) 25:00
Introduction [mov] (7.46 MB) 2:10	Introduccion [mov] (7.74 MB) 2:10	Phần 1 [mov] (7.8 MB) 2:10
Section 1: Tools for removing fishing gear from sea turtles [mov] (17.2 MB) 5:07	Seccion 1: Herramientas para remover el aparejo de pesca de tortugas marinas [mov] (17.1 MB) 5:07	Phần 2 [mov] (17.1 MB) 5:07
Section 2: Removing fishing gear from sea turtles that cannot be boated [mov] (18.7 MB) 5:40	Seccion 2: Como remover el aparejo de pesca de tortugas marinas que no se pueden embarcar [mov] (19.6 MB) 5:40	Phần 3 [mov] (19.6 MB) 5:40
Section 3: Removing fishing gear from turtles that can be boated [mov] (31.3 MB) 9:29	Seccion 3: Como extraer aparejos de pesca de tortugas que se pueden embarcar [mov] (34.5 MB) 9:29	Phần 4 [mov] (30.8 MB) 9:29
Conclusion [mov] (7.66 MB) 2:25	Conclusion [mov] (8.18 MB) 2:29	Phần 5 [mov] (8.18 MB) 2:31

Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) (Posted 7/2006)

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Better TEDs for Better Fisheries [mpg] (225.9 MB) 18 minutes
Coorperation of fishermen and government to develop and refine better TEDs. Better TEDs allow for the recovery of protected marine turtles and the economic success of the shrimp fishery.

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Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Certification Tests [mpg] (71.7 MB) 6 minutes
Demonstrates the process by which TEDs are tested using live cative-reared loggerhead turtles.