Global Tagging of Pacific Predators

Biology, Biomedical, Paleontology, Bioremediation & Archaeology

Date posted: 02/28/13

The Global Tagging of Pacific Predators (GTOPP) program explores the oceans from an animal's eye view. Electronic sensor and satellite tags gather data about a variety of ocean predators and displays it in Google Oceans, providing a powerful, intuitive system for accessing and exploring the world they live in. By making this information available to scientists worldwide, GTOPP vastly increases knowledge about a largely unexplored area of the planet. It also helps provide data that helps policy makers and resource managers make wise decisions about ocean use.