Fish tagging and growth assessment are critical components in fisheries research and management, providing insights into individual life histories, population dynamics, and the overall health of ...

Tagging fish offers scientists new ways of learning about their movements, growth and methods of survival. While this helps in conservation efforts, new research suggests it may in fact be having an ...

Reports of the death of the TAG Louisiana program have been greatly exaggerated. The popular interactive tagging system was one of several recreational-fishing programs dropped by the Louisiana ...

Captain Brett Falterman of Fish Research Support displays a conventionally tagged greater amberjack before releasing the fish off the coast of Louisiana. Each of the small, colorful conventional tags ...

Self-powering technology is showing up in a lot of places from clothing to tires, but fish seem to have been left out – until now. Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest ...

As an aspiring fish surgeon, 12-year-old Olivia Hallquist loves learning about anything with gills and fins, she said. The Carmichael Middle School sixth-grader has twice attended the Benton ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries heads up a tagging program in which recreational anglers insert tags into fish to help gather biological information. (Photo by Todd Masson) While ...

It's not a complete surprise, given how deeply the coronavirus pandemic has cut into the flow of normal activities in the U.S., but it is important to note: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in March ...

To study fish or invertebrates in the sea, scientists often mark individual animals with acoustic tags that make soft, ultrasonic pinging noises. The marked swimmer can’t hear that noise, but other ...

Researchers using sound-emitting tracking tags to follow fish for scientific research may not be doing the finny creatures any favors, instead creating a "dinner bell" effect that's attracting seals ...