News Animals Smart tags show unexpected tuna trips By Susan Milius August 15, 2001 at 11:44 am - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Bluefin tuna power across the Atlantic much more often than scientists had expected, a find that could make life messy for fishing-rights negotiators. A bluefin tuna can swim across the Atlantic in 40 days. Gilbert Ryckevorsel/Science The greater mobility of bluefins is just one insight to come from a new generation of fish-tagging experiments, explains Barbara A.