Biologging collection published today

One of the most exciting aspects of the TOPP program has been bringing together so many scientists, from so many different areas of expertise, to better understand how marine animals use the ocean.  A highlight of this effort was in September, 2008 when TOPP hosted the Biologging III conference.  A total of 235 attendees representing 20 nations delivered 103 oral and 45 poster presentations, describing a wide variety of biologging applications on 89 different animal species.

Episode 5 -- Shark Tagging with NOAA/NMFS

This is the second-to-last entry in a series of articles from the NOAA/NMFS shark tagging expedition that took place in fall, 2009.

 

TOPP Collection Goes Live on PLoS

Happy New Year to everyone!  We’ve finally made it to 2010 – when this first phase of the Census of Marine Life will draw to a close.  It has been an amazing adventure so far, and this year promises to be exciting indeed, as we bring together the results from all our collaborators, and integrate them with the findings of the other Census projects.  We’ll keep you posted as these various integration initiatives come to fruition. 

Episode 4 - Shark Tagging with NOAA/NMFS


Electropositive metals and shark bycatch

TOPP on the Today Show

Last Friday morning, Hopkins Marine Station's Tuna Research and Conservation Center was turned into a TV studio.

TOPP White Shark Team Makes a Splash

The TOPP white shark team made headlines today with a landmark publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Academy B.  The study, entitled, “Philopatry and migration of Pacific white sharks,” utilized satellite tagging, passive acoustic monitoring and genetic tags to study the migration and population structure of white sharks in the northeastern Pacific over the years from 2000-2008. 

Blue Marlin Travels 2,225 nautical miles!

From July 20-24, 2009, TOPP researchers led the "Great Marlin Race" as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration for the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament.  A total of seven marlin were tagged with 180-day Pop-up Satellite Tags, and the fish whose tag pops off the furthest from Kona wins.  After 96 days, one of the marlin tags popped off southeast of the Marquesas Islands -- 2,225 nautical miles from where it was initially tagged!  See the details at www.greatmarlinrace.org.

Tuna Tagging Success in Japan

In a rare opportunity for TOPP, Chuck Farwell, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Curator of Pelagic Fishes and long-time TOPP collaborator, is participating in a unique opportunity to tag Pacific bluefin tuna off the coast of Japan. Chuck is working with colleagues from Tokyo University's Ocean Research Institute. Their operation is based in the port of Nagai, on the Miura Peninsula - at the northeast end of Sagami Bay.

Tuna tagging location

Photographing White Sharks off Pt. Reyes

I recently had the good fortune to spend two days 'on the water' with the Pt. Reyes white shark tagging project.

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