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Past Manatee Tracking

Manatee Tracking – Vito

Updated October 9, 2024 Posted September 12, 2024

A full health assessment was conducted on a ten-foot adult male manatee named Vito on August 19, 2024 north of Savannah, Georgia through the collaborative effort between Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI), Georgia Aquarium (GAI), Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) and many other partners. Vito received a complete health checkup by CMARI, GAI and University of Florida veterinarian staff. He was also outfitted with a GPS satellite tag to closely monitor his travels as part of our manatee Northern Atlantic Coast Manatee Movement study. The project will collect crucial habitat use and health data to help manage threats to manatees that migrate northward into coastal Georgia and the Carolinas during the warmer months of the year. Working in cooperation with state and federal agencies, data collected from this project will also be utilized to gain a better understanding of how manatees adjusted to the drastic loss of food sources along the east coast of Florida which was the primary contributing factor to the manatee Unusual Mortality Event in recent years.

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Manatee Tracking – Eris

Updated December 20, 2024 Posted July 5, 2024

A ten-foot adult male manatee named Eris was located and tagged on May 1, 2024 at Cumberland Island, Georgia through the collaborative effort between Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI), Georgia Aquarium (GAQ), Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) and other organizations. Eris received a full health assessment checkup from GAQ and CMARI veterinarian staff and was outfitted with a GPS satellite tag to closely monitor his travels as part of our manatee Northern Atlantic Coast Manatee Movement study.

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Manatee Tracking – Shawty

Updated August 2, 2024 Posted July 5, 2024

An eight-and-a-half-foot small adult male manatee named Shawty was located and tagged on May 2, 2024 at Cumberland Island, Georgia through the collaborative effort between Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI), Georgia Aquarium (GAQ), Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) and other organizations. Shawty received a full health assessment checkup from GAQ and CMARI veterinarian staff and was outfitted with a GPS satellite tag to closely monitor his travels as part of our manatee Northern Atlantic Coast Manatee Movement study.

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Manatee Tracking – Yearwood

Updated October 9, 2024 Posted June 28, 2024

A ten-foot adult male manatee named Yearwood was located and tagged on April 30, 2024 in Beach Creek near Cumberland Island, Georgia through the collaborative effort between Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI), Georgia Aquarium (GAQ), Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) and other organizations. Yearwood received a full health assessment checkup from GAQ and CMARI veterinarian staff and was outfitted with a GPS satellite tag to closely monitor his travels as part of our manatee Northern Atlantic Coast Manatee Movement study.

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Manatee Tracking – LilJon

Updated August 19, 2024 Posted June 11, 2024

An eight-foot subadult male manatee named LilJon was located and tagged on May 2, 2024 at Cumberland Island, Georgia through the collaborative effort between Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI), Georgia Aquarium (GAQ), Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) and other organizations. LilJon received a full health assessment checkup from GAQ and CMARI veterinarian staff and was outfitted with a GPS satellite tag to closely monitor his travels as part of our manatee Northern Atlantic Coast Manatee Movement study.

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Manatee Tracking – Latke

Updated December 20, 2024 Posted June 3, 2024

Latke was released back to the Welaka area in the St. Johns River on March 26, 2024. CMARI tagged Latke for their Northern Atlantic Coast Manatee Study along the east coast of the United States and as part of a cooperative study with state and federal agencies to assess manatee movement and habitat use as a result of the Unusual Mortality Event.

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Churro the manatee

Manatee Tracking – Churro

Updated February 22, 2025 Posted March 26, 2024

Please note: The presentation of data here does not constitute publication, and the researchers who contributed this data retain all intellectual property rights. Map […]

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Manatee Tracking – Reckless

Updated December 20, 2024 Posted February 5, 2024

Please note: The presentation of data here does not constitute publication, and the researchers who contributed this data retain all intellectual property rights. Map […]

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Manatee Tracking – Knox

Updated October 23, 2024 Posted December 13, 2023

nine foot manatee named Knox and her calf were rescued from Cooper River, Charleston, South Carolina by SeaWorld, Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Mammal Foundation, South Carolina Aquarium, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, University of Florida and U.S. Navy on 8 November 2021.

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Manatee Tracking – Fezzik

Posted May 9, 2023

CMA Research Institute outfitted Fezzik with a GPS satellite tag and will be monitoring her movements as part of their manatee Northern Atlantic Coast study.

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