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Data collected by the NRCTP

Data collected during tagging trips

Datasheet 1

Trip & vessel

 

 

Haul

 

• Vessel name, Fed. permit # & Doc. #
• Gear type
• Trip #
• Names of Captain & crew
• Tagging Organization

• Haul #
• Date: at start
• Time: start & end
• Location: start & end
• Haul comments

• General tagging area
• Trip date range
• Total number of fish tagged
• Units of measure: Location, depth, temperature

• Water depth: start & end
• Water temperature: surface/bottom
• Tagger: initials only
• Number of fish tagged

Datasheet 2 Tagged fish

Header: Vessel name, trip#, Tagger (full name), units of measure (cm/”), & Are you checking for spawning condition?

• Haul #
• Fish count
• Tag #(s)
• Fish length
• Presence of milt/eggs?
• Fish comment
• Fate of fish: Released, floater, seagull, landed
Datasheet 3

Recaptures (from trip)

• Haul #
• Fish count
• Tag #(s)
• Fish length
• Presence of milt/eggs?
• Fish comment
• Fate of fish: Released, floater, seagull, landed
Datasheet 4 Non-tagged cod
• Haul #
• Fish count
• Reason: undersized/poor condition
• Fish length
• Presence of milt/eggs?
• Fish comment
Data requested from reporters of recaptured tagged cod - not from a tagging trip
  • Vessel name
• Gear type
• Units of measure
• Personal info….reward choice etc.

• Tag #(s) – up to 5 tagged fish
• Fish length
• Date
• Location
• Water depth
• Water temperature
• Spawning condition
• Fish comment
• Fate of fish: Released, landed