the island In May 1857, as did Captain N. C. Brooks (o£. cit.) -who visited 
Lisianski in May 1859 . John Cameron (o£. cit.) visited the island twice in 
the 1880*s and 1890's, killing both turtles and seals for meat. Wetmore 
(1925) found a great many turtles on Lisianski in May 1925. He counted 80 
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in one J00 yard stretch of beach. Animals ranged in carapace length from 
four feet to 15 inches. He noted numerous animals feeding in submarine 
fields of algae around the island, and felt that their only enemies were 
sharks. In March 1961 Woodside and Kramer (op. cit.) counted eleven turtles 
including some fairly small ones, on the beach, but saw no signs of eggs or 
laying. Kramer ( 1963 ) tagged five turtles on Lisianski, and saw several 
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dozen offshore. Several small ones, weighing less than 15 pounds, were 
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observed. 
Population s Turtles have been observed on each POBSP visit to Lisianski. 
About 50 were found in March 19 65 . Thirteen large and one small turtles 
were counted in March 1964-. A few were noted in August 1964, and five dead 
hatchlings were found the folloviiig month. Hive were counted in March 1965 
and 13 in July of the same year. 
Reproduction ; Woodside and Kramer (op. cit.) found no signs of eggs or 
laying in March 1961. Small turtles have been seen on several. POBSP visits, 
and five dead hatchlings were found in September 1964. 
