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Tag Identification Database Contains Over 18,000 Tag Numbers
Midwest Region, February 20, 2009
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During the month of February, Fishery Biologists Adam Kowalski and Anjie Bowen updated the Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Tag Identification Database (TID) and website. Development of the database was funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Trust to house lake sturgeon tag information such as tag type, tag number, tag location, and tagger contact information. The searchable database has been operational since 2006, and now contains information on over 18,000 passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags and over 150 external tag sequences from twenty two different agencies. Kowalski will continue to maintain and update the database by requesting and entering tagging information annually. Feedback to Kowalski has been positive and the database is used frequently by biologists looking up information on tagged lake sturgeon they have captured. The database is housed at the Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s web site and can be viewed at: http://www.glfc.org/sturgeontag/index.htm.

Contact Info: Adam Kowalski, 989-356-5102 ext13, adam_kowalski@fws.gov



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