STRETCH UPDATES - COHORT 3
Map: Cohort II Current Locations Map: Cohort III Current Locations Fifth Annual Hawaii Pacific University Turtle Workshop STRETCH RESOURCES AND INFORMATION October 20, 2025 Cohort III has been out in the northeast central pacific ocean for ~102 days now and they are behaving as expected so far. Looking at their tracks (video below), we see that they moved immediately north from the release point where the water temperature was around 21 degrees C and the Chlorophyll a concentration was quite low. As they moved north they got into cooler waters and higher Chlorophyll a concentrations. Some of them lingered at 41-43 degrees N latitude while others continued to a higher latitude, reaching 45 degrees N in September. At that time the water temperature was around 18 degrees C and they all appeard to be in the Transition Zone Chlorophyll Front area and, presumably, in an area with good forage / food availability. As the SST ...