Remember to look for tags too!

Hi All,

Thank you all for your dedicated tagging efforts. In addition to tagging, please remember to keep an eye out for bluefin that are already carrying a tag!!!

We are extremely grateful for all reported tag recaptures! In addition to helping with the science, for recaptures of tags put out as part of our Atlantic-wide GBYP tagging program, there are rewards for these returned tags from $50 to $1000. This month, we had 2 GBYP recaptures of fish that were tagged off Spain a year ago and were recaptured off of NJ and Long Island. Very exciting!!!

I have attached the reward poster below. If you catch a tagged fish, please: 1) cut off the tag, 2) measure the fish (curved fork length), 3) record the date and lat/long of recapture, 4) if re-releasing the fish, re-tag it with a new tag if possible, 5) contact us to report the recapture.

To learn more about the GBYP tagging project or about our bluefin tuna research, please visit our website: www.tunalab.org

Thanks!

Emily Chandler

Program Manager/Research Scientist

Large Pelagics Research Center/UMass Amherst

978-283-0368

www.tunalab.org

www.facebook.com/lprctunalab

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Comment by John LoGioco on August 5, 2012 at 11:02am: Thanks Emily for posting this. One of our members did catch a bluefin with an ICCAT tag here in NJ which is great to see. Hope we can catch some more for you. I am encouraging folks to cut any tags off and re-tag the tuna.