Marine Turtle Newsletter 16:15, © 1980
Tag Recovery of Lepidochelys Olivacea in East Pacific
J. Frazier
Department of Zoological Research, National Zoological Park,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20008 USA
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Marine Turtle Newsletter 16:15, © 1980
J. Frazier
Department of Zoological Research, National Zoological Park,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20008 USA
The U.S. National Museum has a specimen of Lepidochelys olivacea caught in 1966 off Ecuador. Associated with the specimen is monel cattle ear tag, looking fairly new, and with only "647" as an inscription. Who tagged this animal? Full details of the specimen, date and place of capture, will be provided on request.