What are the rewards for returning a tag?
Anyone who returns a DST released as part of the CODYSSEY project will receive a reward of approximately 40Euros (£25UK). A generous market value will also be paid if the carcass of the tagged fish is returned. In addition, a limited number of tags are ‘Golden tags’ and will receive a higher reward (200Euro or £150UK). Only the tag program administrators know which tags are ‘Golden’ (‘Gold’ status has been conferred on certain, randomly identified, tags at the start of CODYSSEY). In addition, individuals returning tags originally released by the CEFAS or FRS laboratories will be entered into a lottery (drawn annually), with prize money of £1000 (approx 1500Euro). So if you do return a tag, it could turn out to be very worth your while! The rewards are used as an incentive to encourage people to return the tags. Rewards will be paid for returning the tag even without any recapture information, but obviously much more will be learned if accurate recapture information is provided.
