Tag from bluefin tuna showed travels from Canada to Gulf of Mexico

KPLC Digital Team

29 mins ago

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) – A find on Rutherford Beach has quite a tale.

map: Nelwyn Miller found the tag for a blue tuna off the beach in Cameron Parish. She sent it back to Stanford University scientists, who had tagged the tuna. They were able to provide their data, which showed the fish swimming all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico over a period of eight months.

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Nelwyn Miller found the tag for a blue tuna off the beach in Cameron Parish. She sent it back to Stanford University scientists, who had tagged the tuna. They were able to provide their data, which showed the fish swimming all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico over a period of eight months.

Nelwyn Miller found the tag for a blue tuna off the beach in Cameron Parish. She sent it back to Stanford University scientists, who had tagged the tuna.

They were able to provide their data, which showed the fish swimming all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico over a period of eight months.

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a glass of wine: Nelwyn Miller found the tag for a blue tuna off the beach in Cameron Parish. She sent it back to Stanford University scientists, who had tagged the tuna. They were able to provide their data, which showed the fish swimming all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico over a period of eight months.

© Provided by Lake Charles KPLC
Nelwyn Miller found the tag for a blue tuna off the beach in Cameron Parish. She sent it back to Stanford University scientists, who had tagged the tuna. They were able to provide their data, which showed the fish swimming all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico over a period of eight months.

a bottle and a glass of wine: Nelwyn Miller found the tag for a blue tuna off the beach in Cameron Parish. She sent it back to Stanford University scientists, who had tagged the tuna. They were able to provide their data, which showed the fish swimming all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico over a period of eight months.

© Provided by Lake Charles KPLC
Nelwyn Miller found the tag for a blue tuna off the beach in Cameron Parish. She sent it back to Stanford University scientists, who had tagged the tuna. They were able to provide their data, which showed the fish swimming all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico over a period of eight months.

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