Congratulations to Captain Gary Connell and crew, F/V Tuna Hunter, & angler George Horensky, for this exciting Tag a Tiny recovery, after 8 years (2,976 days) at liberty! F/V Tuna Hunter released this 55″ bluefin tuna off Stellwagen Bank on 8/17/2008. At recapture it was 91 ” (471 lbs), in 52 deg F, by Japanese longline vessel F/V Chokyu 1, Captain Shuji Shibata, on 10/10/2016. Straight line distance: over 2,200 nmi, and we bet it swam vastly farther than that over 8 years!
LPRC thanks our colleague Dr. Ai Kimoto, Japan Far Seas Fisheries Research, and Billfish Foundation partners for getting this important recovery back to our Tag a Tiny Program.
Eight years after F/V Tuna Hunter tagged and released this Tuna it was recaught…
Good Morning Gloucester 