STRETCH UPDATES - COHORT 3
Map: Cohort II Current Locations Map: Cohort III Current Locations Map: Cohort II and III Combined Fifth Annual Hawaii Pacific University Turtle Workshop STRETCH RESOURCES AND INFORMATION Questions????: email - mrice@hpa.edu December 12, 2025 Remembering Turtle Rescuer Antonio Resendiz Co-PI George Balazs sent us a link to an article describing all of the wonderful work done by Antonio Resendez to protect and conserve the marine turtles of Baja California. This timely reminder about all of the special people that have been instrumental in the conservation and research of North Pacific loggerhead turtles (from Japan across the Pacific to North America) sets a special focus on the names given to our STRETCH turtles by members of the STRETCH team. Antonio (named in honor of Antonio Resendiz) was a member of Cohort I and transmitted for 246 days before its battery was depleted and the tag went silent (see map below). All of the ...