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New underwater imaging equipment designed to locate and determine the health of bluefin tuna stocks is being tested on P.E.I. this week by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Information gathered by a multi-beam sonar can show the size and number of tuna in a specific area.

DFO research scientist Gary Melvin began the study last year. He said the new technology could help set future quotas.

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