Our First Day of Tagging in Nagoya

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June 21, 2025
The STRETCH team assembled at 0800 and made our way to the PNPA to begin our work day.  Today we will do 8 turtles in total, starting our with a Splash 10 tag and a Mini tag combo- through a special arrangement with Wildlife computers.  We arrived at the aquarium at 0845 and began work by bring up the turtle for the Splash tag.   Over the course of the day we were able to place satellite tags on 8 of the 28 juvenile loggerheads raised by PNPA.
Below are some pictures from the day's work:


Team members preparing the carapace for attachment of the tags.

Our first Splash 10 + Mini tag turtle.

Sanding the scutes in preparation for satallite tag attachment.

Recording the data / IDs for each of the 8 turtles.

Adding polyester resin to glass cloth to attache the satellite tag to the carapace of a juevenile loggerhead turtle.




Adding the final resin coating to the tags.
Adding a coat of anti biofouling paint to the tags.
Returning the satellite tagged turtles to their baskets for the night




Returning our tagged turtles to their baskets for the night.



Explaining the project to a Japanese TV news crew.

The STRETCH team at the end of the first day of satellite tag attachment.


Looking at how a WC mini tag might look on a one year old juvenile loggerhead.

 

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