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Upwell’s Executive Director, Dr. George Shillinger, recognized that the rehabilitated early-stage juveniles at the Aquarium La Rochelle CESTM were perfect candidates for Lotek microsatellite tags and invited CESTM to join Upwell’s Lost Years Initiative, kicking off the collaboration with the tagging of 10 juvenile loggerheads in late July. Over the past two months, the turtles have shown a range of behavior, including surprisingly deep dives for turtles of such a young age!
Expanding efforts to monitor critically endangered West Pacific leatherbacks, Upwell is teaming up with Monash University in Australia and New Zealand’s Department of Conservation and National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, and our partners at NOAA to design and conduct aerial surveys for leatherback abundance in the Bay of Plenty. New Zealand has become a focus of attention for leatherback conservation and bycatch prevention, and these surveys will provide critical data to support these growing efforts.
Upwell collaborated with partners at The Marine Mammal Center and The Aquarium of the Pacific to track a rehabilitated green sea turtle named “Chairlift” with a micro-satellite tag. Read about Chairlift’s rescue, rehabilitation, and surprising journey after release in our blog.