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  Photo Gallery - The tagging process

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With DFO
A tagged cod being released!
Tagging in full swing (DFO)
Tagging large numbers of cod requires teamwork! (DFO)
Using the dipnet in the live well

With the Island Institute
Two loaded tagging guns - regular tags (yellow) & high-reward tags (blue), ME.
Measuring cod onboard Charter vessel Bigger n' Better, ME.
Preparing the tackle, FV Bigger n' Better, ME: Photo by Alistair Hobday.
Capt Sosik of Charter vessel Bigger 'n Better holds a tagged cod, ME.
Close-up of the high-reward tag, on Charter vessel Special J, ME.
A high-reward tagged cod, on Charter vessel Special J, ME.
Program Manager, Shelly Tallack, releases a tagged cod off FV Bigger n' Better, ME: Photo by Alistair Hobday.
High-reward tagged cod, on Charter vessel Bigger 'n Better,  ME: Photo by Alistair Hobday.
Ben Neal (Island Institute) releases a high-reward tagged cod off Charter vessel Special J, ME.

With Maine DMR
Taking cod out of the live well
Cod for tagging are handled carefully
A typical tagging station - FV Elizabeth, trawler
A tagged cod ready for release (Shelly Tallack, GMRI, Program Manager)
Tagged cod are measured before their release
The measurement taken is Total Length - to the end of the middle of the tail
The Avery Dennison Mark III tagging gun used to insert tags
Cod are tagged close to the 1st dorsal fin
Every 10th cod is double-tagged
Two live wells are sometimes used for large catches of cod
Measuring the cod before tagging
Inserting a tag
Transporting the cod
Checking out the cod
Scooping the cod
Passing the cod
Double-tagged cod
Releasing the cod
Releasing the cod
Back into the water

With CCCHFA
A live well on a Hook vessel
A Tagging kit - CCCHFA
A fisherman being trained to tag cod (CCCHFA)

With SMAST
A large catch in the closed area on Georges Bank