MIGRATION PATHS OF THE ADULT FEMALE AND MALE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES CARETTA-CARETTA DETERMINED THROUGH SATELLITE TELEMETRY

Migration paths of the loggerhead turtles were determined through sate llite telemetry. The post nesting females returned to the East China S ea, southwestern side of Japan. As these paths were bounded on the nor theastern flowing Kuroshio, two different paths were found; F-1 migrat ed southern off side of the Kuroshio and F-2 migrated along the northe rn side lying between the Kuroshio and Japan Islands. The adult male w as released on January 10, 1996, from Kushimoto, southern tip of the K ii peninsula. It returned again in nesting season near the Kii peninsu la and stayed until August. The migration path and time were referred to the sunrise and sundown hour to determine the sun compass orientati on.