It Takes A Village

TAG's 2009 Canada campaign has come to a close. In total we deployed 19 tags on 10 giant tunas, including 9 double-tagged fish with satellite and acoustic tags! It's thrilling but exhausting, technically challenging work for the fishermen and scientists in the field. All of us at the Tag-A-Giant Foundation would like to express our sincere appreciation to the TAG 2009 Canada team - congratulations on a job well done!

Homebase: Captain Dennis Cameron and Mate Sheldon aboard the tagging vessel F/V Bay Queen IV

Captain Bruce Keus aboard the F/V North Lake Breeze

Captain Bernie Chisholm of the F/V Nicole Brandy passes a rod (+tuna!) to the tagging vessel F/V Bay Queen IV.

Captain Steve MacInnis of the F/V Carrie Anne

Captain Scott Jenkins of the F/V Angel Brailyne

Captain Ross Keus aboard the F/V North Lake Breeze

Captain Pete Sutherland of the F/V Pete's Pair-A-Dice passes the rod to the tagging vessel F/V Bay Queen IV.

Celebrity tagger Chris Mihm

Naomi Pleizier, Robbie Schallert & TAG Canada 2009 Chief Scientist Dr. Steve Wilson
TAG Canada 2009 Chief Scientist Dr. Steve Wilson & Robbie Schallert

Scientist Aaron Spares of Dalhousie University aboard the F/V Carrie Anne.

The tags are scheduled to report in late spring/early summer 2010. Bon voyage, bluefin!