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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? PICTURES OF 30 COHORT IV LOGGERHEADS SHIPBOARD NOTES   (from Koki Sagiura) July 16, 2026 Below is an image of the current location of all 62 loggerhead STRETCH turtles  Above is the current location of 62 STRETCH loggerhead turtles as of 7/16/26. July 13, 2026 Update of CIV All 30 Cohort IV loggerheads released on July 9, 2026 are "reporting in" and we have positions.  Interestingly they are located in the same area as many of the Cohort III loggerheads and the majority of them have moved to the north as expected.  Below are two images (CIV and CIII) to show their relative positions. Coho...
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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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