TED Talk: Using "Fish & Chips" Tagging Technology to Save Endangered Bluefin Tuna

Barbara Block, who works out of Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station and in conjunction with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is part of an important project of tagging bluefin tuna and tracking them up and down the Atlantic ocean in an effort to save them from going extinct at the hands of hungry sushi lovers. She notes that we have revered bluefin tuna for thousands of years, and fished them sustainably that entire time — that is, until our generation. Now they’re at risk of going extinct. But in a fascinating TED talk given during the Mission Blue Voyage held earlier this year, Blo… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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TED Talk: Using "Fish & Chips" Tagging Technology to Save Endangered Bluefin Tuna

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