The 1,000th Tag (IMAGE)

Tag-A-Giant Foundation (The Ocean Foundation)

The 1,000th Tag

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Dr. Michael Stokesbury of Dalhousie University tags a giant bluefin caught in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Nova Scotia, Canada. The fish, estimated at 1,250 pounds, was released with the 1,000th electronic tag deployed through the Tag-A-Giant research campaign.

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Tag-A-Giant

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