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Press Releases

May 28, 2010: New Study Maps Spawning Habitat of Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Mexico, Critical Area Intersects Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Learn more.
February 2, 2009: Animal Trackers Collaborate on New Google Earth for Oceans
October 24, 2008: 1,000 Tags Reveal Mysteries of Giant Bluefin Tuna
October 2, 2008: Chemical Analyses of Bluefin Tuna Earbones Reveal Two Discrete But Overlapping Populations in the Atlantic:  Findings Reported Today in Science. Learn more and track media coverage.
August 29, 2008: Third International Biologging Science Symposium Sept. 1-5 in Pacific Grove, Calif.
August 5, 2007: Bluefin Tuna - Past and Present (issued by the Census of Marine Life): Learn more and track media coverage.

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Tag-A-Giant Foundation Newsletter

Bluefin Beat, November 2009
Bluefin Beat, July 2009
Bluefin Beat, May 2009
Bluefin Beat, March 2009
Thunnus Times, January 2009
Thunnus Times, June 2008
Thunnus Times, November 2007

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Calendar of Events

September 6-12, 2010: HMS Advisory Panel Meeting, Silver Spring, MD
September 21-23, 2010: HMS Advisory Panel Meeting, Silver Spring, MD
October 18-20, 2010: US ICCAT Advisory Committee Meeting, Silver Spring, MD
November 17-27, 2010: ICCAT Annual Meeting, Paris, France

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Tag-A-Giant Foundation Media Coverage

• Article: Pacific Bluefin Tuna Recaptured, August 24, 2010, Voxy.co.nz
• Article: Gulf Oil Spill Adds to Bluefin Tuna Woes, August 2010, Sport Fishing
• Article: Make Love, Not Sushi, With Bluefin Tuna, July 14, 2010, by Michael Cimarusti, The Atlantic
• Article: Endangered-Species Status Is Sought for Bluefin Tuna, June 23, 2010, by Andrew W. Lehren and Justin Gillis, New York Times
• Article: Tuna's End, June 21, 2010, by Paul Greenberg, New York Times Magazine
• Article: Scientists: Gulf oil spill threatens breeding ground for bluefin tuna, June 18, 2010, by Renee Schoof and Reid Davenport, McClatchy
• Article: Gulf leak: biggest spill may not be biggest disaster, June 11, 2010, by Peter Aldhous, Phil McKenna and Caitlin Stier, New Scientist
• Article: Oil Spill Comes at Worst Time for Endangered Bluefin Tuna, June 7, 2010, by Matthew O. Berger, Inter Press Service
• Article: Oil spill's environmental costs, June 7, 2010, by Gaelin Rosenwaks, Toronto Sun
• Article: Oil spill hit the Gulf waters for bluefin tuna spawning, May 31, 2010, Asahi (translated from Japanese)
• Article: Spawning Habitat of Bluefin Tuna in Gulf of Mexico: Critical Area Intersects Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, May 31, 2010, Science Daily
• Article: Bluefin Tuna Spawning Mid-Spill Right Now, May 28, 2010, by Julia Whitty, Mother Jones
• Article: BP oil spill: how Gulf's sensitive and endangered species are faring, May 26, 2010, by Bill Sasser, Christian Science Monitor
• Article: Oil dispersants an environmental ‘crapshoot’, May 24, 2010, by Kari Huus, MSNBC
• Article: Bluefin Tuna Particularly Vulnerable to Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak, May 13, 2010, by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune
• Article: Already Imperiled Bluefin Tuna Threatened by Spill, April 30, 2010, by Gregory Mone, AOL News
• Article: Globe-Trotting Bluefin Roam the Pacific, February 2010, Sport Fishing
• Article: Monterey Bay Aquarium Takes Los Gatos, Saratoga Area Visitors Under the Surface, September 3, 2009, by Marissa Lyman, Los Gatos Weekly-Times
• Article: Last Bite for Big Bluefin, August 2009, Sport Fishing
• Article: Census of Marine Life Maps an Ocean of Species, August 2, 2009, by Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times
• Article: Breeding Breakthrough Helps Sushi Baron Create Sustainable Tuna, July 7, 2009, by Stuart Biggs and Madelene Pearson, Bloomberg
• Article: Bluefin Surge: Best Season Start in Years, July 2009, by Lorelei Stevens, Commercial Fisheries News
• Article: Positive Breakthrough for Tuna Aquaculture, May 1, 2009, FIS
• Article: Hellmen vs. Giants, April 2009, by Nick Honachefsky, Sport Fishing
• Article: New Tracking Tags Are Providing Fish-eye Views of Ways to Manage Depressed Fisheries, March 11, 2009, by Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle
• Article: A More Sustainable Tuna? Japan's Kindai Tuna Arrives in Virginia, March 11, 2009, by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post
• Audio: TOPP: Tagging of Pacific Predators, March 2, 2009, Thank You Ocean Podcast
• Article: Sushi Wars: Will a Ban on Buying Bluefin Save the Species? March 2009, by Michael Leech, Marlin Magazine
• Article: Tag-A-Giant Tags 1,000 Bluefin, March 2009, Marlin Magazine
• Audio: Tagging Pacific Bluefin Tuna, February 19, 2009, Our Changing World Podcast on Radio New Zealand
• Article: Why The Ocean Matters...To Google, February 3, 2009, by Stephen Shankland, CNN
• Article: Ocean Animal Trackers Collaborate On New Google Earth For Oceans; 'Its An Important Evolution' , February 2, 2009, Underwater Times
• Article: Google Earth Fills Its Watery Gaps, February 2, 2009, by Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times
• Article: Bluefin On The Brink, January 6, 2009, by Alastair Bland, SantaCruz.com
• Article: Tuna Under Pressure, January 3, 2009, by Greg Weston, Chronicle Herald
• Article: ICCAT Failure Prompts CITES Talk for Bluefin, January 2009, by Lorelei Stevens, Commercial Fisheries News
• Article: Tagged: Giant Bluefin Number 1,000, January 2009, Sport Fishing
• Article: 1,000 Giants Tagged, December 2008, Commercial Fisheries News
• Article: The Ocean Tracking Network: A New Era for Marine Scientists?, 2008, Marine Scientist
• Audio: Great Animal Migrations - Tag-A-Giant - Bluefin Tuna, November 28, 2008, BBC World on the Move
• Article: Regulators Set Bluefin Catch Limits Far Above Those Urged By Science Advisers, November 25, 2008, by Nathanial Gronewold, Greenwire
• Article: Tuna Range Wide, Dive Deep, November 4, 2008, LiveScience
• Article: Researchers fish for answers about giant bluefin tuna, October 27, 2008, by Nancy King, Cape Breton Post
• Article: Atlantic Tuna Return Thousands Of Miles To Birthplace To Spawn, October 2, 2008, ScienceDaily
• Article: Strathspey Place Reels in Superfish for Special Screening, October 2, 2008, by Nancy King, Cape Breton Post
• Article: Breaking Point: Bluefin Tuna Populations Teeter on the Edge of Survival, October 2008, by Ken Hinman, Marlin Magazine
• Article: NMFS Tags Breeding Ground for Special Concern, September 24, 2008, Sportfishing Magazine
• Article: Satellite Tracks Pacific Bluefin Tuna, September 23, 2008, 3 News New Zealand
• Audio: Tuna: A Favorite Fish Faces Dangerous Depletion, September 5, 2008, National Public Radio-Science Friday
• Audio: Tuna on the Brink, August 21, 2008, On Point-National Public Radio-Boston
• Article: Farm-raised bluefin tuna spawn controversy, August 7, 2008, by Sarah Parsons, Plenty Magazine
• Article: New Tools to Meet New Challenges, June 4, 2008, by Gretchen Hofmann & Steven D. Gaines, Red Orbit
• Video: Tagging Pacific Predators, May 20, 2008, KQED
• Audio: Physiology of Marine Animals, May 5, 2008, American Physiological Society Life Lines Podcast
• Article: Bluefin By A Thread, April 2008, by David Conway, Florida Sportsman
• Article: Breeding the Overfished Bluefin Tuna, March 7, 2008, by Susannah Locke, Scienceline
• Article: To Save or Savor? Overfishing Leads to Precarious Status of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, February 27, 2008, by Louis Bergeron, Stanford Report
• Article: Learning From Cod Collapse to Save Tuna, February 20, 2008, by Lee Poston, Innovations Report
• Article: Tuna Fisheries Facing a Cod-like Collapse, February 19, 2008, by Phil McKenna, New Scientist
• Article: Bluefin Tuna: Time to Save these Fallen Giants, February 2008, by Michael Leech, Marlin Magazine
• Article: Advocates Hope Science Can Save a Big Tuna, December 24, 2007, by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post
• Article: Group Seeks to Curb Bluefin Tuna Fishing in the Eastern Atlantic, November 2, 2007, by Catherine Kozak, The Virginian-Pilot
• Article: Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Fishery Closed for 2007, September 2007, Wildlife Extra
• Article: Tagged Tuna Reveal Migration Secrets, August 13, 2007, by Helen Scales, National Geographic News
• Article: Bluefin Tuna Populations Mix For Feeding, Separate to Spawn: Study, August 6, 2007, France 24
• Article: From Bounty to Collapse, August 6, 2007, by Melanie Patten, The Chronicle Herald
• Article: Studies Outline History of Declining Bluefin Tuna, Reveal Migration Secrets, August 6, 2007, by AP, Boston Herald
• Article: Atlantic Bluefin Going Way of Northern Cod, August 6, 2007, by Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service
• Article: Tags Reveal Tuna Migration Routes, August 6, 2007, Fish Update
• Article: Tale of Tagged Tuna: One Swims to Cuba, the Other to Gibraltar, August 6, 2007, by Margaret Munro, Edmonton Journal
• Article: Overfishing Takes Toll on Bluefin Tuna, August 5, 2007, Monga Bay
• Article: Collapse of Bluefin Tuna Population Off Northern Europe Described, August 5, 2007, Science Daily
• Article: Tuna Shift From Pet Food to Delicacy as Stocks Fall, August 5, 2007, by Alister Doyle, Scientific American
• Article: Tags Reveal Tuna Migration Routes, August 5, 2007, by Mark Kinver, BBC News
• Article: Lost Tuna: Studies Outline History of Declining Bluefin Tuna, August 5, 2007, by CP, Edmonton Sun
• Article: Marine Historians Chart Collapse of Bluefin Stocks, August 5, 2007, CTV.ca
• Article: Bluefin Tuna Management: To Tag A Giant, June 21, 2007, by Shana Miller, The Fisherman
• Article: Sweeping the Ocean Floor, June 13, 2007, by Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine
• Article: Tuna to Tango: Catch quotas threaten bluefin tuna despite scientists' recommendations, March 7, 2007, by Susan Cosier, Plenty Magazine
• Article: Satellites and Sea Lions: Working Together to Improve Ocean Models, February 6, 2007, by Rosemary Sullivant, Nasa.gov
• Article: Unveiling the Secret Life of an Ocean Giant, January 2007, by Barbara A. Block and Shana Miller, 2007 IGFA World Record Game Fishes
• Article: Technologies Changing Insight Into Seas, December 18, 2006, by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post
• Article: Tag A Giant: Sportfishing and Science Team Up to Learn More About Bluefin Tuna, July 2005, by Capt. Peter Wright, Marlin Magazine
• Article: Tracking the imperiled bluefin from ocean to sushi platter, May 3, 2005, by Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times
• Article: Block paper stirs praise, controversy, July 2005, by Lorelei Stevens, Commercial Fisheries News
• Article: Tagging "giants" reveals mysteries of bluefin tuna migrations, May 6, 2005, AquaNews
• Article: Researchers track bluefin tuna numbers, May 4, 2005, by David Kuo, The Stanford Daily
• Article: More protection urged for bluefin tuna, April 28, 2005, by Alan Gathright, San Francisco Chronicle
• Article: Tuna fishing policy "misguided," April 28, 2005, BBC News
• Article: Study: Better protections for bluefin tuna needed, April 27, 2005, by Mark Shwartz/Ken Peterson, Stanford Report
• Article: Following a dream, and tuna, with electronic tagging, February 25, 2004, by Randall Kochevar, Stanford Report
• Article: The Oceans' Buffalos?, Fall 2003, by Dashka Slater, Stanford Lawyer
• Article: Tagging Giants for Research, Fall 2003, by Monte Basgall, Duke Environment Magazine
• Article: On the trail of a massive, mysterious fish, April 1, 2003, by Pamela S. Turner, The Christian Science Monitor
• Article: Bluefin tuna secrets revealed, December 13, 2002, by Chuck Squatriglia, San Francisco Chronicle
• Article: Tuna Online, January 3, 2002, by Chris Powell, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
• Article: Electronic tags reveal stock boundaries ignored by bluefins, August 22, 2001, by Mark Shwartz/Ken Peterson, Stanford Report
• Video: Tuna Tracker, September 4, 2001, ScienCentral News
• Article: Unraveling Bluefin Mysteries, August 17, 2001, by Glen Martin, San Francisco Chronicle
• Article: Bluefin tuna swim too far - at their peril, August 17, 2001, by Peter N. Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor
• Article: Study Calls Into Question Global Quotas on Bluefin Tuna, August 17, 2001, by John Roach, National Geographic
• Article: Diamonds of the Deep, August 16, 2001, by Joyce Gramza, ScienCentral News
• Audio: NPR Morning Edition-Tracking Bluefin Tuna, August 17, 2001, National Public Radio (Need RealPlayer)
• Article: Transatlantic Tuna Travel, August 16, 2001, by Josh Gewolb, Science Online (Need Password)

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