Health assessment and satellite tag attachment workshop. Thierry Work did an external health assessment on the turtle that was captured at Makogai Island, Nasay Bay a few days before. It was a 72.5 cm / 35 Kg turtle... very clean and beautiful but undernourished. This turtle was from a sea grass area where the lastest typhoon destroyed much of their food (the sea grass beds). Anyhow, we used this turtle seen below.
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| At dinner with Rosie Coney, Thierry, Marc, Graham Webb and Georg after the first day. |
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| The 72.5 cm CCL turtle used in the demonstrations of health assessment and satellite tag attachment with subsequent release into the bay. |
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| Talking about the process of Satellite tag attachment and the various steps necessary to do it effectively and safely. |
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| Some of the students of the marine turtle research program at USP learing about attaching the tag. |
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| Thierry started with a health assessment of the turtle. |
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| He talked about both the dorsal, ventral and oral areas. |
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| Once Thierry was done we got started with the satellite tag attachment demo. |
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| Attaching the tag with silicon polymer. |
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| Putting on the first coats of glass cloth and resin. Shritika Prakash and Susanna Paviono observing. |
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| Giving Shritika a chance to practice painting on the resin. |
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| Posing with the Fiji Fisheries Department folks. |
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| When we were just about ready to release the turtle we stopped to take a group picture. |
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| Andrew (student helpter from Min.) and Dr. Susanna Paviono posing with the sat tagged turtle. |
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| One of the interested students. |
A short clip of "Lucia" moving back into the water with her satellite tag in place.
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