
Knock-knock! Someone knocked on the door of our “cupboard” Next we had to take all the equipment, which had been stored on land since the end of the previous campaign four months earlier, out of its boxes and check it …in spite of all the precautions taken, rust and cockroaches had had an effect! A bit of oil, a coat of paint and the four tagging tables were set up on board, two fore and two aft vinyl tarps were stretched out over the frame and the ruler drawn in black marker on the tarp was checked. An “Iridium” satellite phone connected to one of the computers would allow us to send and receive messages just like at home…well, almost. The database where the positions of the schools of fish encountered, the length and the species of tuna tagged and the tag numbers would be entered on a daily basis along with lots of other information on how the campaign was going. Luckily the crew was experienced and our little cupboard, oh sorry, office (3m by 1.45m), had been cleaned and the air conditioner worked! First thing to be done: set up the small network of three computers that would be a vital tool for organising the scientific campaign. Easier said than done: ok, more than two million tons of tuna make one big heap but mixed with how many billions tons of water? Anyway, no more time for philosophy, as there were only about 36 hours left before departure and still dozens of little “details” to be taken care of before casting off. three years to catch, tag and release as many tuna as possible in the waters where there is more of this type of fishing than anywhere else on the planet. Tony was the organiser, the heart and soul of this adventure - a large-scale project to tag tuna in the central and western Pacific, i.e. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Tony climb up the final rungs of the metal ladder and disappear through the door of the shipping company’s office. The sun was already beating down in the early morning and I felt the vibrations of the generators under my feet and breathed in the familiar, yet indescribable, mix of smells that is specific to each ship.

Hands reached out to grab the sacks and ice chests filled with equipment, while I climbed up the somewhat rickety gangway ladder and found myself on the blue grating on the aft deck of this 37-metre-long pole-and-line ship built in 2006 by the Miho Shipyard in Shizuoka, Japan, which now served as the flagship of the SFPL (Soltai Fishing & Processing Limited) fleet. Tagspaces is a completely different way of organising your resources based entirely on tagging.Some of the 30 crewmembers of the “105” were on board, busy with the numerous tasks that had to be done to prepare the ship for the up-coming five-month voyage. Search for headings tagged spoon or knifeįind out more about Emacs on My Emacs Writing Setup Tagspaces You can filter tags using the built in agenda views as follows:

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