Sat Tagging Green Turtles on Ascension
Satellite Tagging Green Turtles On the 18th February three shark scientists Sam, Dave and Nigel, arrived on island to assist with the shark tagging programme here on Ascension. Sam was a lecturer at Exeter Uni during my masters and is a former director of AIG Conservation. Some exciting news was that whilst he was here we were also going to get the chance to satellite tag some turtles to track their migration back to Brazil! I was very excited when I heard about this as I’ve wanted to sat tag a turtle for forever! The tags arrived at the end of February with the application kits arriving a little while later. We have 2 splash tags and 20 Spot tags – half of which will be deployed this year and half they will use next year. The Splash tags being slightly more expensive/record slightly more information. Wildlife Computers Inc. - SPOT Transmitting Tags : https://wildlifecomputers.com/our-tags/spot-argos-satellite-tags/spot/ Wildlife Computers Inc. - SPLAS