Paddles

CVA - 2011 Eighty Mile Beach Flatback Monitoring Program

A project of Conservation Volunteers Australia.

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click map for full-size version Paddles (Flatback Turtle) is 68 km NE of the coast of Australia and 540 km from Kupang

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Species: Flatback Turtle
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2011-12-07 19:00:00
Release Location: 80 Mile Beach, Western Australia
Last Location: 2013-05-18 00:04:28

Adoptive Parents:
Jade Kraus
Ben Fleay
Thomas Middle School Ecology Club
Nick Jackoski
Kaitlyn Parcell
Jonah and Sawyer Rich
Lanna & Gard

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Background

Paddles was one of six Australian flatback turtles tagged with a Mk10-AF Fastloc PTT at Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia for the 2011 nesting season.
Flipper tagged for the first time, her left tag was WA83869 and the right tag WA83877. She measured 88cm (CCL) and 77cm (CCW). Paddles was missing the tip off her front left flipper.
The attachment of the harness and transmitter deployment was conducted by Research Assistants Anna Mueller, Tony Dingwall and Glenn McFarlane.

The name Paddles was provided by students from Dampier Primary School in the Pilbara. These students will be monitoring Paddles as she travels around this part of the Indian Ocean.