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 Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X 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.