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Addison

Sex

Female

Date Tagged

02/07/01

Place Tagged

Port of the Islands (25.958N -81.509W )
Background Length 248 cm, weight 680 lbs. at time she was captured and tagged at Port of the Islands, a series of man-made canals at the north end of the Faka Union Canal (25.961N, -81.509W), which leads to the Faka Union Bay in Ten Thousand Islands. The crew was surprised when this female swam in the net!  Addison is the 5-year old wild born calf of "Naples" a previously captive manatee.  Naples had been rescued in 1987 with rib fractures and other injuries after a collision with a boat.  She was successfully rehabilitated and released in Charlotte Harbor in 1994, and gave birth to Addison in 1995. 

Satellite Locations 02/07/01 - Present
(Courtesy of the Florida Caribbean Science Center - Sirenia Project)

Date

Lat (N)

Lon (W)

03/02/01

25.977

-81.702

02/28/01

25.956

-81.706

02/26/01

25.977

-81.702

02/23/01

25.959

-81.708

02/20/01

25.963

-81.718

02/15/01

25.835

-81.488

02/13/01

25.896

-81.476

02/07/01

25.958

-81.509

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