Tag a Giant Foundation

What's New From the Tag-A-Giant Team

What's New
Date
6/19/09
Mladineo I and BA Block. 2009. Expression of Hsp70, Na+/K+ ATP-ase, HIF-1α, IL-1β and TNF-α in captive Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) after chronic warm and cold exposure. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 374:51–57. Link to Full Text.
6/16/09
5/18/09
Castilho PC, BA Buckley, G Somero, and BA Block. 2009. Heterologous hybridization to a complementary DNA microarray reveals the effect of thermal acclimation in the endothermic bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis). Molecular Ecology 18:2092-2102. Link to Full Text.
5/7/09
5/6/09
4/17/09
Article: Sushi Wars: Will a Ban on Buying Bluefin Save the Species? March 2009, by Michael Leech, Marlin Magazine
4/1/09
Article: Tag-A-Giant Tags 1,000 Bluefin, March 2009, Marlin Magazine
4/1/09
Greene CH, BA Block, D Welch, G Jackson, GL Law son, and EL Rechisky. 2009. Advances in Conservation Oceanography: New Tagging and Tracking Technologies and Their Potential for Transforming the Science Underlying Fisheries Management. Oceanography 22:210-223. Link to Full Text.
3/19/09
First issue of Bluefin Beat - TAG's short & sweet new e-newsletter
3/18/09
3/11/09
3/5/09
Kurota H, MK McAllister, GL Lawson, JI Nogueira, SLH Teo, and BA Block. 2009. A sequential Bayesian methodology to estimate movement and exploitation rates using electronic and conventional tag data: application to Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus).  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66:321-342. Link to Full Text or Supplement.
3/2/09
Audio: TOPP: Tagging of Pacific Predators, March 2, 2009, Thank You Ocean Podcast
3/2/09
2/17/09
2/5/09
2/2/09
Add search function to homepage
1/28/09
Update About Us page
1/28/09
1/27/09
1/15/09
Article: Bluefin On The Brink, January 6, 2009, by Alastair Bland, SantaCruz.com
1/15/09
1/9/09
Article: Tuna Under Pressure, January 3, 2009, by Greg Weston, Chronicle Herald
1/5/09
Article: ICCAT Failure Prompts CITES Talk for Bluefin, January 2009, by Lorelei Stevens, Commercial Fisheries News
1/5/09
Article: Tagged: Giant Bluefin Number 1,000, January 2009, Sport Fishing
1/5/09
12/22/08
12/3/08
Article: Regulators Set Bluefin Catch Limits Far Above Those Urged By Science Advisers, November 25, 2008, by Nathanial Gronewold, Greenwire
11/28/08
11/26/08
11/24/08
11/11/08
Boustany, AM, CA Reeb, and BA Block. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA and electronic tracking reveal population structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-008-1058-0. Link to Summary or Full Text.
10/31/08
Article: Researchers fish for answers about giant bluefin tuna, October 27, 2008, by Nancy King, Cape Breton Post
10/28/08
10/26/08
Press release on 1000th electronic tag deployed through Tag-A-Giant campaign
10/24/08
Article: Atlantic Tuna Return Thousands Of Miles To Birthplace To Spawn, October 2, 2008, ScienceDaily
10/4/08
Article: Strathspey Place Reels in Superfish for Special Screening, October 2, 2008, by Nancy King, Cape Breton Post
10/4/08
Article: Breaking Point: Bluefin Tuna Populations Teeter on the Edge of Survival, October 2008, by Ken Hinman, Marlin Magazine
10/4/08
10/2/08
Article: NMFS Tags Breeding Ground for Special Concern, September 24, 2008, Sportfishing Magazine
9/24/08
Article: Satellite Tracks Pacific Bluefin Tuna, September 23, 2008, 3 News New Zealand
9/23/08
9/23/08
Audio: Tuna: A Favorite Fish Faces Dangerous Depletion, September 5, 2008, National Public Radio-Science Friday
9/11/08
9/11/08
8/7/08
Blank, JM, JM Morrissette, CJ Farwell, M Price, RJ Schallert, and BA Block. 2007. Temperature effects on metabolic rate of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis. Journal of Experimental Biology 210:4254-4261.
7/21/08
7/11/08
7/11/08
7/9/08
7/3/08
6/30/08
6/20/08
6/13/08
Video: Tagging Pacific Predators, May 20, 2008, KQED
5/20/08
5/15/08
Audio: Physiology of Marine Animals, May 5, 2008, American Physiological Society Life Lines Podcast
5/8/08
Update recent tagging data for Atlantic bluefin tuna (Gulf of St. Lawrence deployments)
5/5/08
Link to TOPP and the Bluefin Tuna (narrated slideshow)
5/5/08
Article: Bluefin By A Thread, April 2008, by David Conway, Florida Sportsman
4/30/08
3/15/08
3/4/08
Article: To Save or Savor? Overfishing Leads to Precarious Status of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, February 27, 2008, by Louis Bergeron, Stanford Report
2/27/08
Article: Bluefin Tuna: Time to Save these Fallen Giants, February 2008, by Michael Leech, Marlin Magazine
2/25/08
Update policy page
2/20/08
2/6/08
Rooker, JR, JR Alvarado Bremer, BA Block, H Dewar, G DeMetrio, A Corriero, RT Kraus, ED Prince, E Rodr´iguez-Mar´in, DH Secor. 2007. Life History and Stock Structure of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus). Reviews in Fisheries Science 15:265–310.
1/21/08
1/10/08
1/10/08