Tuna tagging

Big-eye tuna tagging to fill knowledge gap

Of particular concern are the movements of the heavily fished big eye tuna species which made up 75 percent of the 2,135 fish tagged during the 36 day expedition.

A Very little tagging of big eye tuna has been carried out in the Western Pacific in the past.

The expedition covered parts of the Exclusive Economic Zones of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.