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    • PIR Marine Turtle Nesting and Basking

    Metadata Updated: December 13, 2025

    Effective management of marine turtle data is essential to maximize their research value and enable timely population assessments and recovery monitoring. To provide such capabilities at the National Marine Fisheries Service, a comprehensive Turtle Data Processing System (TDPS, formally called Marine Turtle Data Management System) was created. The system was written in DBase III and Clipper and implemented on IBM/PC-compatible computers running under MS-DOS. As of 2017, TDPS was updated into Microsoft Access. The TDPS is modular, supporting data of various types. Cross-referencing and multiple-encounter analysis are enabled through a core database file of individual turtle identifications, based on uniquely-inscribed flipper tags and passive-integrated transponder tags.

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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 December 3, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date December 13, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2015 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update continual

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS PIFSC

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date December 3, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date December 13, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2015 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5452
    Access Constraints Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: PIR Marine Turtle Nesting and Basking [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5452., Access Constraints: NA
    Bbox East Long -154.789191
    Bbox North Lat 28.217525
    Bbox South Lat -14.560291
    Bbox West Long -177.395907
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update continual
    Harvest Object Id 429fadbd-3b74-4ee1-b8c3-3c21f7cf30ec
    Harvest Source Id c0beac72-5f43-4455-8c33-1b345fbc2dfe
    Harvest Source Title NMFS PIFSC
    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 Data was collected in the field on PIFSC data collection forms then data entry was conducted at PIFSC into an Access database.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-177.395907, -14.560291], [-154.789191, -14.560291], [-154.789191, 28.217525], [-177.395907, 28.217525], [-177.395907, -14.560291]]]}
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1965-08-06

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