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About the TRCC
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Tuna Research and Conservation Center. Tagging of Pacific Predators.
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Media Coverage
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Tuna Research and Conservation Center. Tagging of Pacific Predators. May 31, 2016. CBS This Morning: Is a shark lurking nearby? New tech gives early warning. May 26, 2016. Center for Ocean Solutions: Dr. Barb Blocki receives prestigious Benchley Ocean Award - the Academy Award of the ocean. February 9, 2016. Hakai Magazine: Cracking Open the Tuna Code. September 25, 2015 - Science Advances. Stanford scientists help discover Pacific bluefin tunas' favorite feeding spots. How tuna stay warm with cold hearts.
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Great Marlin Race
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Tuna Research and Conservation Center. Tagging of Pacific Predators. The Great Marlin Race. Was born when Dr. Block was contacted by the organizers of the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament to help come up with a special tagging program to commemorate the tournament’s 50. Angling teams were offered the opportunity to sponsor electronic tags, to be deployed on blue marlin caught and released during the tournament. You can follow along at www.greatmarlinrace.org. Great Marlin Race Blog. Back Home -...
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News
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February 13, 2014:. Stanford, NOAA scientists discover mechanism of crude oil heart toxicity. December 9, 2011:. New Study Provides Comprehensive View of the Status of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna - Overfishing in the Mediterranean Sea is Felt in North American Waters. June 22, 2011:. Pacific’s California Current Likened to Africa’s Serengeti Plain - Teeming with Animal Hotspots, Well-defined Highways, Annual Homecomings. April 20, 2011:. Purchase a Meltzoff bluefin tuna print. May 28, 2010:. February 2, 2009:.
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Media Coverage
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March 24, 2014 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publishes findings that crude oil causes developmental abnormalities in large marine fish. National Public Radio: Why the Exxon Valdez spill was a eureka moment for science. The New York Times: Fish embryos exposed to oil from BP spill develop deformities, a study finds. The Washington Post: Deepwater Horizon oil left tuna, other species with heard defectes likely to prove fatal. CNN: Gulf oil may be big trouble for big fish. The Pacific Oc...
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International
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International Management of Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fisheries. In contrast to the long history of management in the Atlantic, there are no international regulations specific to bluefin tuna in the Pacific. No quotas, no bag limits, no minimum size nothing. Tuna fisheries for yellowfin, bigeye, albacore, and skipjack have long dominated the Pacific and have thus been the focus of management. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). Is one of t...
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Photo Gallery
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Powered by Phoca Gallery. Tag A Giant Blog. Canada 2016 Day 2. Top of the Tagging Pacific Bluefin Tuna Learning Curve! Archival Tagging Bluefin in Mexico! The Pacific Bluefin Got Even Bigger! Panel defers accord on Japan-proposed fishing limit of bluefin tuna . - The Japan Times. Fishermen relieved Atlantic bluefin tuna dodges endangered - CBC.ca - CBC.ca. The Most Sustainable Way To Produce Pacific Bluefin Tuna - Forbes.
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Join Today and Ensure the Bluefin Tuna's Future Tomorrow. All Donations Are Tax-Deductible. We need your support in our efforts to help steer bluefin onto the road to recovery. 10,000 supports field deployment efforts. 5,000 purchases a satellite tag. 2,500 supports genetics research on tunas. 1,000 purchases an archival tag. 500 purchases an acoustic tag. 100 prepares a tag for deployemnt. Please give generously today and help us protect the future of bluefin tuna. Via TAG's partner, The Ocean Foundation.
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TAG News
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Crude Oil Causes Developmental Abnormalities in Large Marine Fish. Created: Monday, 24 March 2014 00:00. Study shows Deepwater Horizon oil disrupts heart development in tunas. Crude oil from the 2010. Disaster causes severe defects in the developing hearts of bluefin and yellowfin tunas, according to a new study by a team of NOAA and academic scientists. The findings, published in the. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. We know from the 1989. Spill in Prince William Sound that recently spaw...