NCDMF Multi-Species Tagging Program
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Objectives:
- Assess annual variation in fishing and natural mortalities using a tag-return model
- Provide selectivity estimates by fate, age and fishing sector
- Estimate fishing mortality by fate, age, and fishing sector
- Estimate tag-retention rates, tag-reporting rates, fishing mortality, and migration rates
Principal Investigator: | Ami Staples (Mid - Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System) |
Email: | ami.staples@deq.nc.gov |
Point of Contact: | Ami Staples |
Email: | ami.staples@deq.nc.gov |
Collaborators:
- Dr. Charles Bangley (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
- Melinda Lambert (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
- Robert Corbett (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
- Holly White (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
- Lucas Pensinger (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
- Cara Kowalchyk (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
- Chris Stewart (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
- Anne Markwith (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
- Todd Mathes (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
- Charlton Godwin (North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries)
Participating Organizations:
- North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
- North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Funding:
- CRFL Grant: 2F40 F017, 2F40 F054