Texas Sea Turtle Cold Stun Update Via Donna Shaver 11/17/2014

So far today (Monday November 17), 6 cold stunned turtles have been found in Texas. Numbers of cold stunned turtles found in Texas during each day of this event include: November 16 – 0 November 15 – 31 November 14 – 85 November 13 - 2. All were green turtles except for one loggerhead located alive on the first day of cold stunning. Area Total Galveston Area/ Inshore 3 Lavaca/San Antonio Bay 0 Mustang Island/Aransas Pass 1 Upper Laguna Madre/Corpus Christi Bay 50 Padre Island National Seashore Gulf Beach 0 Lower Laguna Madre 70 Boca Chica Beach 0 TOTAL 124 Condition Total Alive 122 Dead 2 TOTAL 124 Please continue to report strandings to 361-949-8173 ext. 226.