PIER Tuna Research

Principal Investigator:

Michael Domeier, Ph.D., Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research

Timeline:

Initiated 2000, on-going

PIER is involved in long range tracking of two species of tuna, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). Both species have been tagged with pop-up satellite tags and/or archival tags.

PIER gratefully acknowledges the support of the George T. Pfleger Foundation.

Read more:

• Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
• Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)