Tag-A-Giant

Tag-A-Giant (TAG) supports research on Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna to chart the course for innovative and effective policy and conservation initiatives.

[Sammy Andrzejaczek @DrSammyShark]

The recovered tag popped up near Cape Verde in November 2012 and was found on a beach EIGHT years later in the Bahamas allowing us to download the archived time-series data.

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[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

Happy International Day of Women in Science!

[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

Happy Sharktober 🦈 The team is a week in to the start of the white shark season in California. So far we have deployed nine tags and collected two biopsy samples. We also collect fin IDs such as this one that allow us to uniquely identify individuals (just like a fingerprint)!

[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

TAG founder Dr. Barbara Block will be inducted into the 2020 IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame tomorrow night @ 7pm CDT! To join the event's livestream visit https://t.co/0yHH9UggHk #igfa #bassproshops #greatmarlinrace #aftco

[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

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[Barbara Block @Thunnus]

Happy worlds Oceans day from TAG a Giant and Bluefin tuna

[Francesco Ferretti @bestinoblu]

Great detection by a BRUV deployment! Bluefin tuna swimming close to the mighty tuna trap of #Favignana. Once, many of these fish would have been intercepted by the historic fishery. #wsc21 @AmpEgadi

[Barbara Block @Thunnus]

Tag a giant joins our Spanish great Tuna Race team and voila. Tagging in the Med commences. Thanks to Pablo Cermeno and Robbie Schallert and Club sport fishers in Spain. Twenty five years of tagging giants continues. Despite all the challenges.

[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

@DavidCurnick @DJacoby_Marine @NEHmarine Oooo that landing craft would be perfect!

[Sammy Andrzejaczek @DrSammyShark]

NEW PAPER: We used satellite tags to reveal the movement and habitat use patterns of oceanic manta rays in northern Peru.

For more info, check out the infographic below and follow the link to access the full article.

https://t.co/zJkijsXiYE @PlanetaOceano

[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

Tag-A-Giant partners with Big Rock in return to Morehead City https://t.co/dSdzPxfMbK

[Sammy Andrzejaczek @DrSammyShark]

NEW PAPER: We used acoustic and satellite telemetry to describe the movement patterns of reef manta rays in the Chagos Archipelago. Check out the infographic and paper for more info, and DM if you need a copy :) #BIOTScience https://t.co/mkl65JQbUp

[David Curnick @DavidCurnick]

How are elasmobranchs distributed vertically?
@DrSammyShark and I are compiling available tag data to find out!

We currently have data from >400 tags across 24 species, thanks to generous contributors.

Have data that could contribute? Please get in touch

#VerticalSharks

[Brooke Kanani @BrookeKanani]

DYK: Bluefin are the largest tunas and can live up to 40 years. They migrate across all oceans and can dive deeper than 3,000 feet!

Beautiful creatures too! These pendants help to support @TagAGiant https://t.co/gOjrV36Dqe

[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

Two cam tags deployed, two recovered and over 20 white sharks observed in the last two days at Año. What a season so far! #sharkscience #marinescience #whiteshark #sharkeducation #sharksdaily #whitesharksdaily

[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

Another five bluefin tuna satellite tagged by Captain callaghan.michael and the Irish team today! A little wind mixed up the bait so the tuna were hunting! #celticgiants #biologging #satellitetags #reaper #hydronaut… https://t.co/dOXMFk5i2D

[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

Deployed three more Wildlife Computers miniPATs on Irish bluefin tuna, along with accelerometers from thepaynelab. The data from these tags continues to inform scientists and managers about critical ecological and… https://t.co/g22LHgOXjs

[Agostino Leone @leoneago]

Extremely inspiring talk by Barbara Block at #eea2019 #sharkscience #tuna #elasmo

[Kristian Parton @KjParton]

I don’t think there’s many of us here at #EEA2019 who haven’t referenced Block et al, at some point in their respective research. What a legend and an absolute privilege to have her talking to us today!

[Tag-A-Giant @TagAGiant]

TAG founder Dr. Barbara Block talking tuna and sharks at EEA2019

[Kristian Parton @KjParton]

“We live in the most exciting time for oceanography” - the biologging legend Barbara Block, with 40+ years of experience, talks us through the amazing data scientists have received from a wide range of electronic tags 🦈🐟 #EEA2019 #BlockEtAl