STRETCH NAGOYA

Noah and Catherine are the STRETCH representatives taking care of the 28 juvenile loggerhead turtles in cohort II of the STRETCH experiment.  They will be providing daily updates on the status of the turtles as they make their way across the Pacific to the area where they will be released into the central northeast Pacific Ocean.   The location of release will be as close as possible to where cohort I was released (~39 N and 146 W) , Noah and Catherine in their STRETCH T shirts during "loading day" when they loaded the 28 satellite tagged juvenile loggerheads on-board the Firmament Ace at the Port of Nagoya. Graphic of ships location and sea surface temperature. The latest update will be at the top of this post 7/8/2024 Twenty Eight Loggerheads were safely released from the Firmament Ace between 1410 and 1445 h (UTC-11) at  39°33.4669' N 148°29.7291' W.  The sea surface temperature was  18℃. See Pictures below of Catherine, Noah and the turtles.   As of now, all 28 lo

Investigating the impact of climate change on the ecology of loggerhead turtles: Transmitters attached to turtles to be released into the sea Nagoya Port Public Aquarium 6/18 (Tue) 17:18 Me~Tele (Nagoya TV) English Transcript: To study the impact of climate change on the ecology of loggerhead turtles, Nagoya Port Public Aquarium is installing transmitters on turtles to be released into the sea. In collaboration with research institutes in the United States and other countries, Nagoya Port Public Aquarium is investigating how climate change is affecting the swimming routes of loggerhead turtles in the sea, with the aim of more effective protection of the endangered loggerhead turtle. 28 loggerhead turtles are scheduled to be released into the central North Pacific Ocean in July, and on the 18th, transmitters that transmit location information were installed at the museum's research facility. "This survey will reveal new migration routes. We hope that the results will provide ma