Tag-A-Giant

The TAG team had one of the most incredible runs in their 10 year plus Port Hood tagging history...six days straight on the water is almost unheard of in The Maritimes this time of year...and tag...

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We arrived in Port Hood on the 19th September to kick-off the 2017 giant bluefin tagging season in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada. This year we are pop-up tagging to study movements and habitat ...

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Sitting in the office at Acadia University in Wolfville Nova Scotia, TAG scientists in California emailed that a MiniPAT pop-up satellite archival tag, that had been previously outfitted on a blu...

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Tuna fishing can be one of the most frustrating sports in the World...there are times when you will spend days on the water and never see a fish...and there are other times that you will catch a ...

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Lloyd fights his 9th fish of the day...in a waterspout!! Capt. Bernie Chisolm passes off another one TAG is back in Cape Breton to take advantage of one of bluefin tuna's favorite meals...Clupea ...

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Bluefin tuna on the sounder! Tagged fish being released Dr. Steve Wilson showing his love for the fish Robbie Schallert and Steve Wilson measure a bluefin tuna The day started out windy, but by n...

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The TAG season has begun in Port Hood, Nova Scotia. The team arrived to beautiful summer weather...Lloyd MacInnes even wore shorts on the boat...a first for Canada bluefin tagging. Llyod MacInnes...

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Barb and Robbie tagging a Pacific bluefin The trip aboard the shogun reached new territory today as the team aboard hit historic high levels of excitement as we finally had the banner day we were...

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The focus turned from tagging large bluefin with satellite tags in  US waters to getting out surgically implanted archival tags in high numbers today- and to help us achieve our mission- our...

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On Independence Day 2016 the Tag team aboard the Shogun actually made some real history. We have struggled to learn how to capture tag and release the largest Pacific bluefin tuna we have seen in...

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Our Pacific bluefin tuna tagging and collecting trip  is out in the Pacific aboard the Shogun a recreational long Range fishing boat we've used annually to do this trip. The objective of the...

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There’s a long list of things that have to go right to tag a giant bluefin tuna.  Here’s an abbreviated version. To tag a giant bluefin tuna you have to: 1.) Obtain research permits, pro...

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It’s 6am and the floodlights cast their rays on the back deck of the f/v Bay Queen IV in Murphy’s Pond, Port Hood’s small commercial fishing port on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, No...

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Low Fog kisses the Highlands along the Cabot Trail Place yourself for a moment in the office of a tuna tagging scientist staring at a map with a GPS location of a popped-off mini-PAT satellite ta...

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The team from Stanford University and The University of Western Australia are back for a return trip to the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) to service (rebattery, download data, replace moo...

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Fishing has moved a little North but it hasn't slowed down...the tag team tagged six fish on eight bites. The fish are ranging from 400 to 800 lbs and we are putting on a variety of different ele...

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We only had a half day but by the time we were back to the dock...five fish had electronic tags...and the F/V Carrie Anne passed off four of them. Captain Steve MacInnis started the day off with ...

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We had another great day on the water...we met the F/V Carrie Anne and F/V Nicole Brandy from Arisaig right off Port Hood early Sunday morning. Before we even had our bait, Captain Steve MacInnis...

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The 2014 Canadian tagging season has begun with two fish tagged and released. We had a beautiful day on the water and we will be at it again tomorrow. Llyod McInnis fishing a bluefin Sunset while...

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Divers pick out individual fish to be tagged from the holding pen at the end of the trap system. Divers guide a bluefin tuna into the supersized sling. A bluefin tuna is lifted out of the holding...

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The search for bluefin tuna is on! A team of scientists from Stanford University and other partner institutions is scouring waters in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The goal - to place electronic tags in giant bluefin tuna to learn more about their migrations, behavior, and environmental preferences. Read about their adventures below...

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Background:  On September 23rd and 24th, 2012...TAG Canada deployed two miniPATs on bluefin tuna 270cm and 283 cm respectively. On July 1st, they popped off in separate locations...one off t...

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Our tagging efforts, initially scheduled to commence on May 14th, following the ICCAT SCRS Meeting, were delayed due to heavy winds and anxious seas, which posed too much risk for both the d...

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On the heels of the ICCAT meeting in Tenerife, I joined Dr. Pablo Cermeño (TAG/Stanford University, WWF, KAI Marine Services), and a team from the Moroccan National Institute of F...

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