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Marine Turtle Newsletter 6:4, © 1978

Tagging Leatherbacks

George Hughes
P.0. Box 662, Pietermaritzblurg 3200, S. Africa

"... since we have taken to tagging our leatherbacks in the hindflipper way up in the groin area, we have upped our recovery rate to over 50% with hardly any apparent tag loss and certainly no damage or corrosion of the monel."