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Striped Marlin Mortality Study

Posted on Jun 10, 2009 in Tagging Technologies | 0 comments

A project was initiated in the autumn of 2000 to document the mortality of striped marlin caught on recreational fishing tackle, with a follow-up study conducted in autumn of 2001. Fish were caught using typical recreation fishing methods and 80 pop-up satellite archive tags were deployed with new software and mechanical release mechanism that allowed tags to detach and transmit early if the...

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Spawning Aggregation

Posted on Jun 2, 2009 in Articles | 0 comments

What is a spawning aggregation?  A spawning aggregation is a predictable gathering of adult fishes for the purpose of spawning.  Many species of economically important coral reef fishes form spawning aggregations, creating an amazing spectacle that can consist of tens to thousands of fish.  Unfortunately commercial fishers can quickly wipe out an entire spawning aggregation once the spawning...

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