Rehabilitated Sea Turtle Tracking

Tracking of Rehabilitated Sea Turtles

In 2013, Sea Turtle Conservancy began working with sea turtle rehabilitation centers in Florida to track the movements of the turtles released after being rehabilitated. Through STC’s Sea Turtle Migration-Tracking Education Program, the public is invited to watch along as we learn more about these amazing animals.

In 1998, STC partnered with the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the US Army Corps of Engineers to provide educational maps of the tracking a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle as part of its Satellite-Tracking Educational Program. In 2013, Sea Turtle Conservancy began working with sea turtle rehabilitation centers in Florida to track the movements of the turtles after being rehabilitated and released back into the wild.

Rehabilitation facilities STC has partnered with include The Florida Aquarium, The Turtle Hospital, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, and The Sea Turtle Hospital at Whitney Lab. Tracking information helps rehabilitation staff monitor the movements and progress of turtles that had gone through months of rehabilitation. It has also helped provide information about the general behavior of rehabilitated turtles once back in the ocean.