Bycatch Loggerhead Satellite Tagged
visit the Usa web site 4/27/2025 Below is a video clip of turtles 581 and 583 showing their travels since they have arrived in shallow waters. Their track is overlayed on sea surface temperature to show that they are in waters that are 15-16 degrees C (583) and 17 degrees C (581). The water depth is around 50-100 meters for turtle 583 and 50-200 m for turtle 581. It is also interesting to note that their rate of travel has lowered to 0.4 km/hr for turtle 583 and 1.1 km/hr for turtle 581. My guess is that they have found a plentiful forage ground and I also suggest that they both are back in an area they have visited in years past.. Just a guess on my part. As the water warms, they may move up into the embayments that are now still too cold for them. Dr. Tomomi Saito, Director of Usa Marine Biological Institute, commented: " The Seto Inland Sea is still too cold to enter, but the water temperature in the southern points of the Kii Peninsula or Shikoku Island...