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STRETCH UPDATES - COHORT IV

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      Map: Cohort II Current Locations & Map: Cohort III Current Locations Map: Cohort II and III Combined STRETCH RESOURCES AND INFORMATION RECENT 'STRETCH' PUBLICATIONS  Multi-decade northward shift   &   Promise or peril in a warming ocean Mock Tag Attachment- Does the attached satellite tag interfer with the growth of the turtle?       'Godzilla' El Niñ o Predicted for 2026 Youtube Explanation of Godzilla El Niño PICTURES OF 30 COHORT IV LOGGERHEADS SHIPBOARD NOTES   (from Koki Sagiura) Cohort IV is on Board the Liberty Ace The fourth cohort (C IV) of STRETCH loggerheads was loaded onto the RoRo ship Liberty Ace ( TRACK THE SHIP ) on July 29th by staff from the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium.  They were successfully put on the ship on the upper deck where they will be cared for by Kochi University graduate student Koki Sagiura (his second STRETCH cohort deployment) and Takahiro Hoshino from the Port of Nagoya ...
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STRETCH UPDATES - COHORT 3

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    Map: Cohort II Current Locations  &  Map: Cohort III Current Locations Map: Cohort II and III Combined STRETCH RESOURCES AND INFORMATION RECENT 'STRETCH' PUBLICATIONS  Multi-decade northward shift  &   Promise or peril in a warming ocean Mock Tag Attachment- Does the attached satellite tag interfer with the growth of the turtle?       'Godzilla' El Niñ o Predicted for 2026 Youtube Explanation of Godzilla El Niño Cohort III Tracks as of 6/10/26 Below is an animation of 22 Cohort III loggerhead turtles after they have been at sea for 335 days. Their tracks show the normal general trend to move north in the summer and fall and then, as the sea surface temperature (SST) falls in the winter, they move south. In the spring and summer, they begin to move north again as the SST warms. Cohort II Tracks as of 6/9/26 June 9 , 2026 Today, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 21 Cohort III loggerhead turtles (335 days) an...
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