Loggerhead Stretch Updates

  Map of 28 Cohort II and 25 Cohort I Loggerhead Trejectories L ive Map of Loggerhead's Locations for Last 20 Days 17 Legacy Journal Publications That Form the Foundation For The STRETCH Project Kochi Turtles #571, # 580 , #581 & #583 Send Questions to  loggerheadstretch@gmail.com Cohort II STRETCH loggerhead Locations as of the last two days. 6/18/2025 The STRETCH attachment team is assembling in Nagoya, Japan at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium.  We will work to attach the satellite tags to the 28 juvenile loggerhead turtles on June 21, 22, 23 and 24.  Please take a look at this attachment video  to see what we are going to be doing to safely and harmlessly attach the tags. The turtles with tags are scheduled to be loaded aboard the Neptune Ace on June 26 after which the ship will make stops at Yokohama and Tokyo before heading across the Pacific! Co-PI Dana Briscoe found the SST for the release locations last year and this year and the probabl...

Map of 28 Cohort II Loggerhead Trejectories L ive Map of Loggerhead's Locations for Last 20 Days 17 Legacy Journal Publications That Form the Foundation For The STRETCH Project Kochi Turtles #571, # 580 , #581 & #583 Send Questions to  loggerheadstretch@gmail.com STRETCH Cohort II loggerhead Locations as of the last two days. EVALUATE THIS BLOG: 6/6/2025 While Cohort II is still transmitting accurate locations, the STRETCH team is getting ready to travel to Nagoya, Japan to put satellite tags on 28 more Cohort III juvenile loggerhead turtles.  These turtles are progeny hatched on Kochi Beach and raised by the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium STRETCH team member Masanori Mori.  We will be working to attach the tags on June 21-24 so that they are ready to put on board of the Miraculous Ace RoRo ship on June 26.  The Miraculous Ace will transport the Cohort III turtles to a release point that will, hopefully, very near where Cohorts I and II...