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Use of Coded Wire Tags for Marking Fingerling Fishes
Author(s) -
Heidinger Roy C.,
Cook S. Bradford
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
north american journal of fisheries management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1548-8675
pISSN - 0275-5947
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8675(1988)008<0268:uocwtf>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - micropterus , ictalurus , stizostedion , lepomis macrochirus , bass (fish) , catfish , fishery , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , anatomy
We examined the feasibility of implanting coded wire tags in several size‐classes (47–189 mm, total length) of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus , bluegill Lepomis macrochirus , walleye Stizostedion vitreum , largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides , and golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas . Tags were implanted in three anatomical locations (nasal capsule, cheek musculature, or nape). Growth of tagged and untagged fish was not significantly different, and tag‐related mortalities ranged from 0 to 12% throughout the study. In 7 of 26 experiments, survival of tagged fish was significantly different from (usually lower than) survival of control fish (P < 0.05). After 6–9 months, tag retentions varied from 91 to 100%.