latter, a growth curve was generated for the 1978 

 year class. Captive stocks contain 31 males, 30 

 females and 46 animals whose sex has not been 

 determined. 



MAST; 



When was the use of binary magnetic tags started 

 and when did looking for the tags on the beach 

 start? 



CAILLOUET; 



DUTTON ; 



CAILLOUET! 



CHAIR ; 

 CAILLOUET ! 



ALLEN; 



OGREN; 



The tags were first used in 1982. The program 

 will not be checking the beaches for those tags. 

 Very few nestings have been reported on Padre 

 Island. The National Park Service patrols the 

 beaches at Padre Island for nesting Kemp's 

 ridleys. 



There may be an individual with a living tag at 

 Rancho Nuevo. Would it be possible to expect a 

 living tag this year? 



Anyone finding a turtle with a living tag was 

 urged to report it to NMFS. 



How old could a turtle with a living tag be? 



All headstarted Kemp's ridleys were given living 

 tags from 1982 on. A few living tags were applied 

 before then. 



Thoughts were expressed about people and patience, 

 and to consider the Kemp's ridley program as a 

 model. Two great countries are working and 

 learning together. The public should be involved 

 — first by educating them. Once the public is 

 aware of what is happening, they will support the 

 program in other areas. She has worked full time 

 providing a lot of people with information about 

 this program, and asked that all who don't know 

 the mechanisms of the program to find out about 

 it. The program is working beautifully. 



Reports from Rancho Nuevo haven't been too 

 optimistic lately, so he wished to share a bit of 

 good news at the meeting. For the past two years 

 he has been conducting surveys in the northern 

 Gulf of Mexico for juvenile Kemp's ridleys, and 

 found them almost everywhere. This is believed to 

 be a direct result of the program to protect the 

 eggs at Rancho Nuevo because they were unmarked or 



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