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Sea turtles sightings in North Carolina from 1987-02-01 to 2015-06-16 (NCEI Accession 0161174)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 02:56 AM | Dataset Last Updated: March 08, 2017 at 12:00 AM
This data contains sea turtle sightings reported to the NMFS Beaufort Laboratory sea turtle program by the general public as they were fishing, boating, etc. These sightings provide relative abundance and seasonal occurrence of sea turtles in North Carolina's inshore and offshore waters.

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description This data contains sea turtle sightings reported to the NMFS Beaufort Laboratory sea turtle program by the general public as they were fishing, boating, etc. These sightings provide relative abundance and seasonal occurrence of sea turtles in North Carolina's inshore and offshore waters.
distribution 
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identifier https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions/iso/xml/0161174.xml
issued 2017-02-27T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center",
  "North Atlantic Ocean",
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language 
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2017-03-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
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rights otherRestrictions
spatial -74.50222,31.618611,-80.651667,37.666944
temporal 1987-02-01T00:00:00+00:00/2015-06-16T00:00:00+00:00
theme 
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]
title Sea turtles sightings in North Carolina from 1987-02-01 to 2015-06-16 (NCEI Accession 0161174)

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