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Mini-Me 1, an adult female loggerhead turtle fitted with a satellite transmitter by the Cayman Islands Department of EnvironmentMini-Me 1, an adult female loggerhead fitted with a satellite transmitter. Photo courtesy of the Cayman Islands Department of Environment.

airG Joins the Cayman Islands Sea Turtle Tracker KY Project

  • airG has joined the Cayman Islands Department of Environment as a lead conservation partner of the Sea Turtle Tracker KY project.
  • airG is sponsoring three satellite transmitters to help researchers follow sea turtles through Cayman waters and across the wider Caribbean.
  • The project combines acoustic and satellite telemetry to better understand how turtles use Cayman's breeding, feeding and resting grounds.

VANCOUVER, BC – airG Inc. has joined the Cayman Islands Department of Environment (DoE) as a lead conservation partner of the Sea Turtle Tracker KY project, sponsoring three satellite transmitters that will follow sea turtles as they move through Cayman waters and across the wider Caribbean.

Launched in 2026, Sea Turtle Tracker KY combines acoustic and satellite telemetry to build a clearer picture of how turtles use Cayman's breeding, feeding and resting grounds. It marks the return of a public tracking effort that first captured the islands' imagination two decades ago – when residents checked the maps daily to see how far their turtles had roamed. Now the maps are back, and airG is proud to help power them.

Meet the airG-supported turtles

Each of the three transmitters airG is sponsoring will reveal something different about the lives of Cayman's sea turtles.

Mini-Me 1, an adult female loggerhead turtle with a satellite transmitter attached to her shell, part of airG's Sea Turtle Tracker KY sponsorship
Mini-Me 1 · Adult female loggerheadTagged on 29 June 2026. Having completed her nesting season, Mini-Me 1 has begun her migration – striking out east while other tracked turtles headed north and south. Every kilometre she logs helps researchers map the routes and feeding grounds loggerheads return to after leaving Cayman.
Mini-Me 2, the first adult male green turtle tagged in the Cayman Islands, photographed during in-water research
Mini-Me 2 · Adult male green turtleTagged on 9 July 2026 – the first adult male green turtle ever tagged in the Cayman Islands. Because males never come ashore, they are far harder to study than nesting females, making his data a rare window into how male green turtles use Cayman waters during the breeding season.

A third transmitter will be deployed on a juvenile green or hawksbill turtle, helping researchers understand how young turtles move and where they feed and rest throughout the year. That turtle is still to be named – you can follow the project to meet it soon.

Conservation as a community effort

Sea Turtle Tracker KY is powered by a coalition of local businesses and community partners, with acoustic tracking supported by the Darwin Initiative. airG joins sponsors including Caribbean Utilities Company, Maples Group and Caybrew in backing the DoE's sea turtle research, which underpins conservation measures like turtle-friendly lighting near Cayman's nesting beaches.

For airG, the partnership is a natural extension of a company built on connection. The same curiosity that drives us to build products people love is what makes following a loggerhead across open ocean so compelling – you set something in motion, then watch where it goes.

Follow the journey

Visit Sea Turtle Tracker KY

Photography courtesy of the Cayman Islands Department of Environment. Learn more about the project at doe.ky/turtletracker.