Global Sea Turtle Sightings Smartphone App

At this link, you can find sightings of sea turtles uploaded by citizen scientists from around the globe throught the new global sea turtle sightings smartphone app.

Link to App

Click on the TURT app icon to go to the app in the Google Play Store.

Link to App

Click on the TURT app icon to go to the app in the Apple AppStore.

For the TURT App Privacy statement, see below or click here     

Privacy Statement

Last Updated: 22 November 2023 

The ProTECTOR Inc. TURT (Turtles Uniting Researchers and Tourists) app is hosted by Loma Linda University. This privacy statement informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of this app. 

While using our app, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identified information includes your name and e-mail address. We use this personal information only if there are questions about your turtle sightings logs. Uploaded photos will only be used for sea turtle verification and will never be shared with third party applications, but may be used in scientific presentations and publications with appropriate credit. By using this app, you agree to the collection of information in accordance with this policy. 

The security of your personal information is important to us and will never be shared with any third parties. We may only use your personal information to contact you. 

We reserve the right to update or change our privacy policy at any time. Your continued use of the service after we post any modifications to the privacy policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgement of such modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified privacy policy. 

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at icer1989@gmail.com or sdunbar@llu.edu.

For the RASTR App Privacy Statement, see below or click here

Privacy Statement 

Last Updated: 21 December 2016 

The ProTECTOR Inc. RASTR (Research Assistant for Sea Turtle Research) app is hosted by Loma Linda University. This privacy statement informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of this app. 

While using our app, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identified information includes your name and e-mail address. We use this personal information only if there are questions about your turtle sightings logs. Uploaded photos will only be used for sea turtle verification and will never be shared with third party applications, but may be used in scientific presentations and publications with appropriate credit. By using this app, you agree to the collection of information in accordance with this policy. 

The security of your personal information is important to us and will never be shared with any third parties. We may only use your personal information to contact you. 

We reserve the right to update or change our privacy policy at any time. Your continued use of the service after we post any modifications to the privacy policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgement of such modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified privacy policy.

 If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at sdunbar@llu.edu 

Andrew Lewin of SpeakUpForBlue Interviews Dustin Baumbach and Stephen G. Dunbar about their new Global Sea Turtles Sightings smartphone App (TURT).

Utila Dive Sightings Map

Upload your turtle sightings here. Simply click on "Utila" on the right and follow the Instructions by clicking on the ProTECTOR icon on the map.

Utila

Thank you for deciding to become apart of our research as a citizen-scientist. We appreciate your willingness to help and contribute to science. In the text below we include instructions about how to log sea turtle sightings and give some current examples about how these sightings are being used with photo identification in some unique studies.