A summary of fish tagging in Texas bays, 1975-1982

• Main Author: Marwitz, S.R.
• Format: Book
• Language: unknown
• Published: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Branch 1986
• Subjects: red drum; Sciaenops ocellata; spotted seatrout; Cynoscion nebulosus; tagging; Red drum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19396

44 pgs. During November 1975-December 1982, 40,333 fish (27 species) were tagged in Texas bay systems. Red drum (14,447) and spotted seatrout (12,349) comprised 66.4% of all fishes tagged. Of the 4704 tagged fish returned, 65.3% were returned by sport fishermen and 27.6% were returned by commercial fishermen. Eighty-three percent of all tags returned came from the same bay systems in which the fishes were tagged. By December of 1983, a recovery rate of 11.7% was obtained for all fishes tagged. Red drum had the highest recovery rate (20.4%) of all fishes tagged. The National Marine Fisheries Service and the Gulf Coast Conservation Association paid $9048 in rewards. http://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htm