Table 2. Final disposition of the loggerhead turtles admitted alive during the period 1998–2014.
| Cause of admission | Number of turtles | Final disposition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euthanized | Dead | Released | |||||
| Number | Er (%) | Number | Mr (%) | Number | Rr (%) | ||
| Entanglement | 919 | 21 | 2.28 | 49 | 5.33 | 849 | 92.38 |
| Hooks/monofilament lines | 207 | 7 | 3.38 | 36 | 17.39 | 164 | 79.22 |
| Trauma (boat strike) | 75 | 14 | 18.67 | 23 | 30.67 | 38 | 50.67 |
| Infectious disease | 102 | 6 | 5.88 | 26 | 25.49 | 70 | 68.62 |
| Crude oil | 49 | 1 | 2.04 | 2 | 4.08 | 46 | 93.87 |
| Other causes | 62 | 2 | 3.22 | 12 | 19.35 | 48 | 77.41 |
| Ingestion of plastics | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.11 | 16 | 88.89 |
| Buoyancy disorders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.67 | 5 | 83.33 |
| Shark attack | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 80 |
| Malnutrition | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33.33 | 16 | 66.67 |
| Miscellany | 9 | 2 | 22.22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 77.78 |
| Unknown/undetermined | 220 | 4 | 1.81 | 21 | 9.54 | 195 | 88.63 |
| TOTAL | 1,634 | 55 | 3.37 | 169 | 10.34 | 1,410 | 86.29 |