Objectives
To provide growth information
For public relations reasons
To provide mortality information
To see how long fish live
To provide movement information
To identify stock structure
For enjoyment
To help fisheries research
Species tagged - Select one - Albacore Alewife American Lobster ANY/ALL Atlantic Cod Atlantic Croaker Atlantic Spadefish Black Sea Bass Bluefish bocaccio Bonefish Bullhead, Brown Burbot cabezon California Halibut Cobia Cunner Dogfish, spiny Dolphin Drum, Black Drum, Red Flounder, Am. Plaice Flounder, Fourspot Flounder, Gulf Flounder, Southern Flounder, Summer Flounder, Windowpane Flounder, Winter Flounder, Witch Flounder, Yellowtail greenling, kelp greenling, rock Grouper, Gag* Grouper, Red Haddock Halibut, Atlantic Halibut, California Halibut, Pacific Herring, Atlantic Herring, blueback Horseshoe Crab King mackerel Lake Trout Largemouth Bass lingcod Marlin, Black Marlin, Blue Marlin, Pacific Striped Marlin, White Monkfish/Goosefish Mullet, Striped Muskellunge Pacific Cod Perch, White Perch, Yellow prickleback,monkeyface Pumpkinseed Quahog Rockbass Rockfish, Black Rockfish, brown rockfish, calico rockfish, China rockfish, copper rockfish, gopher rockfish, grass rockfish, kelp rockfish, olive rockfish, quillback rockfish, vermillion rockfish,black-and-yellow rockfish,blue Sablefish Sailfish Salmon, Atlantic Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Pacific Chum Salmon, Pacific Coho Salmon, Pacific King Salmon, Pacific Pink Salmon, Pacific Sockeye Scamp scorpionfish, California Scup Shad, American Shad, Hickory Shark, Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, Blacktip Shark, Dusky Shark, Sand Tiger Shark, Sandbar Shark, Spinner Shark, Tiger Sharks (general) sheephead, California Sheepshead Smallmouth Bass snapper, mangrove (gray) Snapper, Red snapper, vermilion Snook Spadefish Spanish Mackerel Spot Spotted Seatrout Striped Bass Striped mullet Sturgeon, Atlantic Sturgeon, Lake Sturgeon, Shortnose Sucker, White Swordfish Tarpon Tautog treefish Trout, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow (strain) Tuna, Bigeye Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Yellowfin Walleye Weakfish Whelk, Channelled Whelk, Knobbed Whelk, Lightning Whitefish, Lake Whitefish, Round
Cooperating agency - Select one - AL Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Any agency upon request Atlantic Salmon Authority Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission CT Department of Environmental Protection DE Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control DE Division of Fish and Wildlife District of Columbia Fisheries FL Deparment of Natural Resources FL Department of Environmental Protection GA Department of Natural Resources Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission IL Department of Natural Resources International Council for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Los Angeles Natural History Agency - Fisheries Section MA Division of Marine Fisheries MD Department of Natural Resources ME Department of Marine Resources Mid-Atlantic Fishery Mangement Council MS Department of Marine Resources National Marine Fisheries Service NC Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources New England Fishery Management Council NH Department of Fish and Game NJ Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife North Pacific Fishery Management Council NY Department of Environmental Conservation PA Fish and Boat Commission PA Game and Fish Commission Pacific Fishery Management Council Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Potomac River Fisheries Commission RI Fish & Wildlife SC Department. of Natural Resources South Atlantic Fishery Management Council TX Natural Resource Conservation Commission United States Fish and Wildlife Service VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries VA Marine Resources Commission WI Department of Natural Resources
State waters where fish are tagged - Select one - ALABAMA ALASKA AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA GUAM HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON Other PENNSYLVANIA PUERTO RICO RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGIN ISLANDS VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING
Tag types - Select one - Coded Wire Tags Dart tag Fin Clipping Fin tags Gun tags Internal Anchor tags Opercle clips Other - unnamed Oxy-Tetracycline Peterson Disc Spaghetti tags T-bar tags Visual Implant
Tag color - Select one - black blue blue, dark blue, light brown clear green green, dark green, flourescent green, light orange orange, flourescent other pink pink, dark pink, flourescent purple red various white yellow yellow, flourescent
Tag manufacturer - Select one - Floy Tags HallPrint Tags Jersey Cape Diagnostics Northwest Marine Tech Other, unnamed
Location tags are attached on fish - Select one - Adipose eye tissue Caudal Fin Fin tag on anal fin Fin tag on dorsal fin Fin tag on pectoral fin Fin tag on pelvic fin in muscle of the caudal peduncle in muscle on dorsal surface, anterior of first dorsal fin in muscle on dorsal surface, btwn 1st & 2nd dorsal fins in muscle on dorsal surface, posterior of 2nd dorsal fin on ventral surface / gut / abdominal area Otoliths tagged chemically Prosoma (crab carapace) dorsal Prosoma (crab carapace) side Shell Whorl Tag on opercle
Range of tag numbers - Select one - (RC) series of numbers 000001-155000, H00001-H10000 00001-21140;50000-51500 0001-0200 0001-10,000 0001-15000 001- 1000 001-15,000 001-55000 1 - 21,000 1 - 999999 10,000; proceeded by 2 ltrs 1-00, prefi of A,Eor K 1-1, 500, mc1501-mc4,500 1-1,000,000 1-126000 1-15,000 1-2,000 1-2000 1-22299 1-3,000 1-30000 1-35,000 1-4000 1-5000 1-6000 1-800,000 1-infinity 238880-238887 5000-10000 8351-13300 96001-97000 A0000-A075,000 AP00001 BUS500000 D10000 - Dxxxxx D100000 - D xxxxx DJ00001 f00001 FMP0001-FMP8000 G0001-G0999 L + 6 digets L + 6 NUMBERS MR50000 - MR99999 MR50000-MR99999 no tag will have same # RAR0001-RAR20000 S-160000 sequent binary coded wire tag sequential numbering SR1-999,999 up to 356000 yearly by thousands