2012 Statewide Nesting Totals

The following table contains the Florida Statewide Nesting Beach Survey data for the 2012 season. The data are divided into two main regions (east and west) and divided by county.

Note: C. caretta = Loggerhead; C. mydas = Green turtle; and D. coriacea = Leatherback.

Florida Statewide Nesting Beach Survey Data - 2012 Season

COUNTY SURVEY LENGTH (KM) C. caretta NEST C. caretta NON-NESTING EMERGENCE C. mydas NEST C. mydas NON-NESTING EMERGENCE D. coriacea NEST D. coriacea NON-NESTING EMERGENCE

EAST COAST

NASSAU

18.4

208

151

4

10

7

7

DUVAL

28.9

187

163

0

1

6

0

ST JOHNS

68.8

651

430

43

14

13

1

FLAGLER

31.5

563

434

57

12

7

1

VOLUSIA

79.8

2885

2042

289

293

23

0

BREVARD

115.2

33799

25446

4425

5106

91

7

INDIAN RIVER

35.9

6729

6728

682

710

66

19

ST LUCIE

34.5

5840

5075

302

309

189

38

MARTIN

35.3

10441

14279

1022

1825

627

189

PALM BEACH

65.6

22192

27709

2285

2412

622

76

BROWARD

38.6

3284

3344

209

285

46

5

MIAMI-DADE

36.4

498

646

6

3

11

3

MONROE

38.3

357

428

224

301

0

0

EAST TOTALS

627.2

87,634

86,875

9,548

11,281

1,708

346

WEST COAST

COLLIER

59.3

1250

1568

0

0

0

0

LEE

81.5

1316

1828

6

0

0

0

CHARLOTTE

21.3

1094

1637

8

7

0

0

SARASOTA

55.8

4695

5222

42

24

0

0

MANATEE

21.7

634

550

2

0

0

0

HILLSBOROUGH

4.8

61

87

0

0

0

0

PINELLAS

75.1

316

354

0

0

0

0

FRANKLIN

85.9

628

591

3

0

0

0

GULF

50.4

561

515

0

0

0

0

BAY

80.2

143

141

0

0

2

4

WALTON

48.7

118

54

3

0

1

0

OKALOOSA

38.0

55

30

0

0

1

0

SANTA ROSA

11.2

17

17

0

0

0

0

ESCAMBIA

61.1

79

66

5

0

0

0

WEST TOTALS

695.0

10,967

12,660

69

31

4

4

STATE TOTALS

1,322.2

98,601

99,535

9,617

11,312

1,712

350

 



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