STRETCH UPDATES - COHORT IV

   

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?
     

Youtube Explanation of Godzilla El Niño

On June 17, Members of the Stretch Team will assemble at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium to begin the process of attaching satellite tags to 30 juvenile loggerhead turtles that have been raised at the aquarium.  This post will feature the attachment process and the activities associated with process.  I will interject information about Cohorts II and III loggerheads that are still transmitting.
Stay tuned as the team accomplishes this last bit of work and Cohort IV loggerheads are transported by ship out to an area where the other three cohorts have been released.   

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