Axel Nanko's Page

"thanks, i think it was a seagull."

"Wow Axel.  That is an amazing shot.  What is that object in the back of the tuna?  "

"Hi John, the angler was the person of the left site, called Peter Pöllmann from Austria (I'm the other person) and we where fishing in the Adriatic sea, but not from Italy, we started from marina Jezera (Croatia). The tag stick was made by…"

"Hi John, I'm sorry, because I didn't had any tags in 2003, but all the next Bluefins will be tagged in the future. The depth of the water is around 200m. If you have google earth, you can search for the lighthouse Blitvenica in Croatia…"

"Thanks for the details.  That is a beautiful picture.  The water is lighter in color - is that because the water is shallow?  By chance did you tag this bluefin on the release?"

"thank's a lot. it was taken in croatia in 2003. i have released this fish, which we estimated around 100kg."

"Great photo Axel!  Where was this photo taken?"

"Hi Axel - nice photo of the bluefin in your profile. That water looks so clean. Every effort helps in the fight to save the bluefin so I thank you for making the effort. More to come."