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Field Tests of Petersen, Streamer, and Spaghetti Tags on Striped Bass, Roccus saxatilis (Walbaum)
Author(s) -
Davis William S.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1959)88[319:ftopsa]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - bass (fish) , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , brackish water , population , biology , ecology , salinity , demography , sociology
Tagging experiments were conducted in northeastern North Carolina during 1955 and 1956 to select a tag suitable for use in brackish waters for studying population dynamics and movements of striped bass. The following tag comparisons were carried out: streamer and Petersen, streamer and soft spaghetti, and streamer and hard spaghetti. Observations were made on recovery of tags as related to size of fish, length of time tagged, selectivity of tagged fish by commercial gear, and durability of tags. The streamer tag was selected from those tested as the one best suited for future use.