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Overview of Fish Tagging. Draft Analysis February 5, 2013 AWG. Costs to BPA by tag type. Number of Fish Tagged. Number of fish tagged or marked in 2011, or if available, 2012. Number of fish tagged in 2011, or if available, 2012 (No adipose clipping numbers included in this slide).
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Overview of Fish Tagging Draft Analysis February 5, 2013 AWG
Number of fish tagged or marked in 2011, or if available, 2012
Number of fish tagged in 2011, or if available, 2012 (No adipose clipping numbers included in this slide)
The Big 3 • Three long lasting tag types produce most of the information currently • used to meet the Fish and Wildlife Program management objectives: • Coded Wire tags • PIT tags • Genetic information • In some important ways these three tag types can be viewed as in • competition to provide information to answer many management • questions in the Fish and Wildlife Program.
Closer look at the 3 primary tag typestag data from 2011 CWT29,000,000 PIT 2,857,473 Genetic21,000,000
Closer look at the 3 primary tag typesApproximate from estimated costs and tagging efforts.
Regardless of Costs:How well do the tags answer Management Questions? That can be better answered after the next Fish Tagging Forum meeting.