Tuna tagging field updates
Updates from 'On the Med tuna trail'
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A Blueprint for moving toward sustainable tropical shrimp trawl fisheries
Some 1.3 million t of tropical shrimp are caught annually throughout the world. An approximate ...
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Persistence is the key to tagging success
We are again on board. During this last day’s expedition we will try to fish bluefin by trawling ...
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We catch a few albacore but no bluefin
Early the next morning we board the Canuto a 14-metre yacht with Andrés as skipper and Toni and ...
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Using the 'brumeo' method to attract tuna
Happy to be embarking on a new expedition to tag bluefin tunas in the Mediterranean, this time with ...
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Attempting to tag bluefin tuna in traditional Spanish tuna trap
In the pre-dawn half light we embark on a boat to the Conil almadraba. We are joined by a group of ...
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Preparing for 2009 bluefin tuna tagging season
WWF has been busy preparing for the 2009 tuna tagging season for the On the Med tuna trail project. ...
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Tunas tagged & tracked for study
Up to 4 giant bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and 36 juveniles now carry an electronic tag after the ...
Pablo Cermeño (right), bluefin tuna officer with the WWF Mediterranean Programme Office talking tuna with Dr Sergi Tudela, head of fisheries at WWF Mediterranean.
Dr Pablo Cermeño (right), bluefin tuna officer with the WWF Mediterranean Programme Office talking tuna with Dr Sergi Tudela, head of fisheries at WWF Mediterranean.
Pablo Cermeño, bluefin tuna officer with the WWF Mediterranean Programme Office, talk about tracking and tagging bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean.
