Why isn there a tagging program to gather information on redfish that are caught and released during redfish tournaments?
There are several reasons why angler-based tagging programs are not the scientific data collection method of choice: • Tagging programs are very labor intensive and require a lot of manpower to manage. Not having enough manpower, or money to provide manpower are always issues for research. • Anglers (for the most part) do not have enough training to tag fish and can cause more harm than good to the fish during the tagging process. • Even though fish may be tagged during a tournament, it is not scientifically possible to directly calculate whether or not a fish died just because of tournament-related activities. More controls are needed to be able to collect solid data on mortality (deaths). • On average, a tagging program will get 1- to 5-percent tag-return information. There are other scientific data collection methods that are not as labor intensive and can produce better information. This is not to say that the FWC has ruled out using angler-based tagging programs as a data collecti
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