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Turtle Name: Rickie
Deployment location
Long Beach, Panama
Long Beach, Panama
Deployment coordinates
9.011 N 81.71 W
Deployment date
15 June 2006
Current location
See 'Tracking entries' below
9.011 N 81.71 W
Deployment date
15 June 2006
Current location
See 'Tracking entries' below
Team in charge of deployment & tracking
- CCC
- WWF
Curved carapace (shell) length
152cm
Flipper/pit tag number
RF tag: VA2547
LF tag: CH2403
Turtle's sponsor/s
::: Remarks :::
Rickie is an adult female leatherback sea turtle encountered nesting on June 15, 2006, in Zone 2 on Chiriquí Beach in Panama. She measured 150 cm in curved carapace (shell) length, slightly smaller than the average leatherback female seen on Chiriquí Beach. She had first been flipper tagged with metal flipper tags at Long Beach, Panama on April 20, 2006.
She then nested two more times at Long Beach. She then nested once at Chiriquí Beach previous to June 15th. A harness with a satellite transmitter was applied after nesting. Rickie was named by the transmitter sponsor, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT.
The leatherback turtle named Rickie. Click to view an enlarged picture.
Map locator for this leatherback. Click to view an enlarged animated version. The latest positional maps are available below.