What is it like to be eyeball to eyeball with a fish the size of a Volkswagen? Learn about the process of tagging tuna and how those tags are revealing surprises that might help save tuna from their own popularity in sushi restaurants.
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Description: English: Fisheries recorded capture of Thunnus thynnus from 1950 to 2009. Data source FAO fisheries. Date: 13 January 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Epipelagic.
Description: English: Group of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the eastern chamber of the trap at Favignana, Sicily, Italy. Depth 22 meters. Date: May 1998. Source: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/fish2001.htm. Author: Danilo Cedrone (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization).
Description: English: A proud fisherman with his catch at the United States Atlantic Tuna Tournament Image ID: fish1316, NOAA's Fisheries Collection Location: Point Judith, Rhode Island. Date: September 1971. Source: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/fish1316.htm. Author: NOAA.