The 2008 New Zealand Pacific bluefin satellite tagging effort is underway.

Back in late March and early April, we put out 5 tags on weaned elephant seal pups.  We chose weaners whose mothers had carried TOPP satellite tags.  Our hope was to see if their first trip to se

We put out the first 2 tags on molted adult male elephant seals at Ano Nuevo today.  These large males have been molting (growing new skin and fur) for the last month.  Male eseals come to land f