SAT TAG Findings

[Squidnation]

This past summer Val Lynch of the Cytinory spearheaded a Satellite Tag effort off Ocean City. Through various fund raisers and donations that partially stemmed from the entry fees of the OC Marlin Club/Cape May Marlin and Tuna Club Challange Cup he and his crew were able to tag several white marlin during our august bite. Val just got word that one of the tags popped up. Here is what he has learned. Great job to Val and everyone that was involved with the tagging program. Nice to start seeing some returns.

We just got word that one of the tags deployed with you came off this
morning. It's good and bad. It went about half (~82 days) the
programed
period (170 days). That's a good long duration, still. The fish is in
the
tongue of the ocean about halfway between Nassau, the Bluffs and Chub
Cay.
Very exciting to hear from it and moving along an assumed pathway.

[shoefish]

How cool is that?! I'd imagine that follow-up like that will only help to motivate to do more of this. Thanks for sharing.

[gradywhite273]

thats great, thanks for sharing that bill.

[alex n]

Very cool, I'd love to know the whole "loop"

[hamer31]

i'd love to know where the fish stopped in between!

[Bert Rodgers]

Very cool, I'd love to know the whole "loop"

Very cool indeed, considering the bite at Chub is thought to be a Spring thing. Do they winter there? Pass through twice?. Maybe the tags will tell.

Bert

[Seaker]

We particapated in a signifigant taggng operaton last season involving sharks.

Sometimes the tags come off due to many different reasons
*it deployed early
*the subject stopped moving and or stayed a a specific depth for a protracted period of time
*the subject has died

could be any but all data generated is a giant step before there was no data.

We need to continue these efforts as we achieve better management of the resource.

Great effort keep up the excellent work

[stew]

Very cool stuff. We worked with the UNH tagging team this summer and we got out 29 minipop-up tags in juve. bluefin tuna. Can't wait to get the data back on those little bad boys. We also tagged over 150 others with the standard tags. Nice work on the marlin. Capt. Eric

[PurpleCedarPlug]

Great Information.. Thanks

It would really be fun to follow these.

[John Rogers]

Pretty cool, thanks for sharing the info.