OK, not really, but I thought the idea was kinda cool. Next up, Sushi gets Uplifted. Jon
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=VHGKS5Y4UMXVECRBAEKSFFA?type=technologyNews&storyID=2443590 or http://makeashorterlink.com/?S2F1524F3
Excerpt: Computer-Equipped Fish Part of Effort to Aid Tuna Tue March 25, 2003 08:09 AM ET By Robin Emmott
BAHIA DE ACHOTINES, Panama (Reuters) - Scientist Kurt Schaefer slices a small hole in the side of a wriggling yellowfin tuna and inserts a tiny computer.
Quickly he sews the slit back up, allowing just enough space for a thin fiber optic wand to protrude from the fish's side, before transferring the animal to a large seawater tank.
"We like to joke we have remote control fish. It surprises the visitors," says Schaefer, pulling off a surgical glove.
Working to protect the tuna from becoming an endangered species in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Schaefer is part of a group of U.S marine biologists from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) studying the yellowfin in Panama.
Little is known about the early life history of the fish, making it vulnerable to over-fishing because of its status as a favorite dish in restaurants from Japan to the Netherlands.
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