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Please note: The presentation of data here does not constitute publication, and the researchers who contributed this data retain all intellectual property rights. Map created by Clearwater Marine Aquarium using Google Maps API. Data & Map \u00a9 CMA. Use of this map or data without permission is prohibited without the written consent of the researcher. This map is automatically updated with new points each day. The manatee icon location point represents the most recent location received for this manatee. If the most recent point is more than two months old, then the manatee most likely lost their tag ending our ability to track their movement.<\/p>\n
Cannonball\u2019s Story<\/h3>\n<\/figure>\n
A nine-and-a-half-foot adult male manatee named Cannonball was located and tagged on May 23, 2019, in Cumberland Sound, Georgia through the partnership between Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI), Georgia Aquarium and Georgia Department of Natural Resources. He traveled north into the Savannah River where he eventually lost his tag but was later relocated the following winter in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in excellent health. Cannonball was not seen again until August 19, 2026, in Calibogue Sound, Hilton Head, South Carolina. Working with our partner Georgia Aquarium and through the collaborative assistance from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Jacksonville Field Office and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Savannah Refuge, SeaWorld Orlando, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, North Carolina State University, Savannah State University, and University of North Carolina Wilmington, Cannonball received a full health assessment from Georgia Aquarium veterinarian staff and was outfitted with a new GPS satellite tag by CMARI to closely monitor his travels as part of our 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 are adapting their movement and use of habitat after the loss of food sources along the east coast of Florida which was a major contributing factor to the manatee Unusual Mortality Event in recent years.<\/p>\n
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All manatee work was conducted under USFWS Research Permit # MA37808A-2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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