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Atlantic Tuna Project Supports Local Charity

Today my boys made a home made tag stick and assembled some Atlantic Tuna Project shirts, hats and lures for donation to Pride Fishing in Red Bank New Jersey. Owner of Pride, Max Berry is holding…

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Added by John LoGioco on December 15, 2012 at 5:25pm — No Comments

Decoding Shark Conservation / Confusion

There seems to be a lot of energy being expended questioning Guy Harvey’s commitment to the recreational fishing community due to his backing of the Shark Free Marina Initiative. I have read the post on Sportfishermen.com and Guy Harvey’s open letter response on his…

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Added by John LoGioco on August 28, 2012 at 2:27pm — No Comments

A Day In The Life Here At The Project

Had a great day here at the Atlantic Tuna Project. One of our tagging member charter boats, MR Charters, needed a refill on gear so my nine year old son Oliver volunteered to help today. He packed the…

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Added by John LoGioco on August 18, 2012 at 10:03pm — No Comments

Tagged Bluefin Tuna Swims From Spain to New Jersey

Atlantic Tuna Project member Mike Formichella of Asbury Park, New Jersey was fishing for bluefin tuna off our New Jersey coast this July and caught a bluefin tuna with a tag already in the fish.…

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Added by John LoGioco on August 5, 2012 at 11:53am — No Comments

NJ Bluefin Tuna Tagging Off To A Good Start

The bluefin tuna tagging season is off to a good start this year in New Jersey. The fish are almost all schoolies in the 15lb to 40lb range. The start of this season is different than the last couple as the fish seem to move every few days across a 60 mile square patch of…

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Added by John LoGioco on July 7, 2012 at 2:57pm — 3 Comments

TAG-A-GIANT & STANLEY MELTZOFF NYC Exhibition

Join me and others from…

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Added by John LoGioco on June 7, 2012 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Tagging Large Bluefin Tuna In North Carolina - Insane pics & video

The last few weeks have been amazing as nearly every day I get an email, PM on 360Tuna, text message, tweet or phone call on guys tagging big bluefin tuna and yellowfin mixed in for fun. Check out some of these wonderful shots taken by Atlantic Tuna Project members;

This shot above was…

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Added by John LoGioco on March 18, 2012 at 9:14pm — No Comments

Panama Tuna Tagging Tournament Successful

A trip of extremes was our 2012 tagging tournament at the Panama Sportfishing Lodge February 25^th to March 3^rd. Our group of 12 faced challenges ranging from …

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Added by John LoGioco on March 15, 2012 at 4:28pm — No Comments

Video - Bluefin Tuna Surface Explosion On Kite Baits

Probably the best video of bluefin exploding on kite baits AND being tagged and released that I have seen. Capt. Bob Cook and crew over at Fat Tuna Guide Service hailing from Massachusetts did a fantastic job with this footage. Thanks Capt. Bob for your efforts on tagging. Kite fishing is so exciting. Down here in New Jersey the kite hasn't really caught on. Last year…

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Added by John LoGioco on February 18, 2012 at 1:41pm — 2 Comments

Speared By A Marlin

I discovered this amazing video shot by world famous free-diver Terry Maas. One of the best videos I have seen that shows how striped marlin use their bill as weapon, rudder, scooper and toy. To see how a marlin gets a sardine off its bill fast forward to 4:49 in the video. Enjoy…

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Added by John LoGioco on February 4, 2012 at 8:49am — 1 Comment

NMFS Closes Bluefin Fishery, Tag & Release OK

Folks, NMFS has closed the large medium and giant Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery for the General Category (commercial category) and for charter boats fishing commercially on January 22nd, 2012. For recreational bluefin fishermen, this mostly impacts boats fishing right now in North Carolina where the fish are big and the captains make an agreement with charters that the boat keeps fish to sell under their commercial license. …

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Added by John LoGioco on January 22, 2012 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Man vs. Tuna, A Fair Fight

This is one of my favorite videos of all time. Take notice of the small things like the white feather jigs, leather harness belt and the small rail guard keeping these guys from falling into the waves with the tuna and sharks. I also love the WWII like helmets these guys wore. Stay with the video for the first few minutes and wait for the bigger tuna to start coming over the rail. Truly amazing. In our day of ultra modern fishing equipment both recreational and…

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Added by John LoGioco on January 2, 2012 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Panama Sportfishing Lodge Adopts Conservation, Tags 52 Yellowfin Tuna

“Macho!, Macho!, Macho!, que paso Macho?” crackled from the radio every morning as our three center consoles steamed toward Isla Montosa (map below) for a full day of yellowfin tuna jigging and popping while fishing from John De LaCruz’s…

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Added by John LoGioco on January 2, 2012 at 2:52pm — No Comments

JigNPop Sponsors Tuna Conservation and Tagging

Kil Song, owner of JigNPop.com and JigNPopForum.com has sponsored the Atlantic Tuna Project's conservation efforts both in the Atlantic and internationally in Panama this winter. Thanks Kil for supporting the program. JigNPop hats will be distributed to tagging members and the Black…

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Added by John LoGioco on December 31, 2011 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Wild Bluefin Tuna Avoiding The Nets in Greece

This is an amazing video shot by SaveTheBluefin member, Pantelis Barouchas from Athens Greece. Pantelis is a commercial diver who tends to sea bass pens off the coast of Greece. On this day he had some visitors as wild bluefin tuna took up residence around the…

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Added by John LoGioco on December 18, 2011 at 10:14am — No Comments

Stunning Photos of Holiday Bluefin Tuna Snacking Off New Jersey Coast

Max over at Pride Fishing Tackle proudly posted his brother's amazing photos of bluefin tuna marauding sand eels just off the coast of Asbury Park New Jersey. Snapping these shots is in many ways harder than hooking up. If you have some amazing shots like this, post them to Pride's Facebook page, and the photo with the most likes get a $100…

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Added by John LoGioco on December 15, 2011 at 3:13pm — No Comments

"Surf Fishing 101" Seminar by Pride Fishing Tackle, benefit for SaveTheBluefin

Max Berry over at

Pride Fishing Tackle will be hosting a “Surf Fishing 101” seminar at the shop on Sunday October 30th at 3:00 pm. The first part of the seminar will be at the shop and will cover the proper gear to wear to make your outing more enjoyable and successful, tactics for the fall run, proper tackle/lures, etc. The second half will be held down at the beach. This will be an interactive session and will cover reading the… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on October 29, 2011 at 2:28pm — No Comments

Welcome Pride Fishing Tackle!

Max Berry, owner of the new Pride Fishing Tackle shop in Red Bank, New Jersey is our latest sponsor to help out the program. Thanks Max for your support. In the near future, we will be joining Max in one of his popular in-shop seminars to…

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Added by John LoGioco on September 30, 2011 at 3:52pm — No Comments

Welcome Spinal Rods

Please welcome Spinal Rods to the Atlantic Tuna Project as our new sponsor. Travis over at Spinal Rods is a conservationist at heart and we are grateful to be working with him and his team. As many of you know Spinal Rods are a real treat to fish with. …

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Added by John LoGioco on August 16, 2011 at 5:07pm — No Comments

A night in the Lindenkohl Canyon with KRM Sportfishing

Combine a nice weather window and some great reports coming from the Lindenkohl canyon, our crew of four (Keith Maurer, Capt. Scott Murdoch from Point Pleasant Charter Fishing, Vic and myself) took Keith Maurer's 36' Twin Vee Catamaran, Anticipation…

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Added by John LoGioco on August 14, 2011 at 1:22pm — No Comments