A sighting of a Luthud(Dermochelys coriacea (L): Chelonia) in Bass Strait, Tasmania

摘要

At 09.00 h Eastern Daylight Saving Time on 8 December 1973 we observed a largeudturtle from the bow of the M. V. NELLA DAN. It was floating at the surface of the waterudwith part of its carapace exposed, and swam slowly southwards out of the ship's path.udAccording to the ship's log, NELLA DAN was at that time in Bass Strait in about 400 00' s,ud147 degrees 02'E, travelling on a course of 309 degrees west of the Furneaux Group, Tasmania.