Sea Turtle Strandings Florida

Coordinated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), the Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN) is responsible for gathering standardized data on stranded marine turtles throughout the state. The Florida STSSN functions as a part of an eighteen state network led by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). In Florida, strandings are documented by FWRI staff biologists and by a network of permitted participants located around the state. Live strandings are rescued and transported to properly permitted rehabilitation facilities. Data from strandings are collected on a standardized reporting form and include date, species, location, carapace length and width, carcass condition, carcass disposition, and information on anomalies (e.g., entanglement, propeller damage, fibropapillomas). Additionally, certain carcasses are regularly collected by FWRI staff for gross or detailed necropsy. Each week, FWRI reports Florida strandings to NMFS as a part of a management plan that is intended to reduce the incidental take of turtles in the shrimp fishery. FWRI also generates monthly and yearly stranding summary reports to monitor mortality and to detect and describe any unusual stranding events. Stranding data collected through the Florida STSSN have been used extensively in the identification of mortality factors and in the development of recovery actions (e.g., Turtle Excluder Device (TED) requirements, gill net regulations). This dataset includes traditional stranding reports, not other types of sea turtle stranding encounters that are reported to the STSSN.佛罗里达鱼类与野生动物保护委员会-鱼类与野生动物研究所（Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, FWRI）牵头的佛罗里达海龟搁浅与救助网络（Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network, STSSN），负责在全州范围内收集搁浅海洋海龟的标准化数据。该佛罗里达STSSN是由美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA）下属国家海洋渔业局（National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS）主导的18州网络的组成部分。在佛罗里达州，搁浅事件由FWRI的生物学家职员以及全州各地获得许可的参与者网络进行记录。活体搁浅海龟将被救助并转运至获得相应许可的康复机构。相关搁浅数据通过标准化记录表收集，涵盖日期、物种、采集地点、背甲长宽、尸体状况、尸体处置情况以及异常情况（例如缠绕伤、螺旋桨损伤、纤维乳头状瘤（fibropapillomas））。此外，FWRI职员会定期收集部分海龟尸体进行大体或详细解剖。每周，FWRI都会向NMFS汇报佛罗里达州的海龟搁浅情况，作为旨在减少虾类捕捞中海龟兼捕的管理计划的一部分。FWRI还会编制月度和年度搁浅汇总报告，以监测海龟死亡情况，并排查和记录任何异常搁浅事件。通过佛罗里达STSSN收集的搁浅数据已被广泛用于确定海龟死亡诱因，以及制定海龟恢复措施（例如海龟逃逸装置（Turtle Excluder Device, TED）使用要求、刺网管理条例）。本数据集仅包含传统搁浅报告，不包含上报至STSSN的其他类型海龟搁浅接触事件。