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  • Preliminary Pages

  • Table of Contents

  • Report Text (tables and figures below)

  • Figure 1: Tagging Gun and T-Bar Tags

  • Table 1: Anglers Awarded Certificates

  • Table 2: VGFTP Tagging Awards

  • Table 3: Anglers With 7+ Recaptures

  • Figure 2: Number of Tagged Fish

  • Figure 3: Total Fish Tagged

  • Figure 4: Number of Recaptured Fish

  • Table 4: Tagged-Recaptured Fish by Species

  • Figure 5: Cumulative Recapture Rates

  • Figure 6: Cobia Recaptures 1999-2002

  • Figure 7: Summer Flounder Recaptures 2001-2002

  • Figure 8: Coastal Movement and Site Fidelity

  • Figure 9: Single Recaptures Buckroe Pier

  • Figure 10: Multiple Recaptures Buckroe Pier

  • Figure 11: Red Drum at Lynnhaven Inlet

  • Figure 12: Red Drum Recaptures 2001-2002

  • Appendix Tables

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    Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program
    Annual Report 2002

    Jon Lucy
    Marine Recreation Specialist
    Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    College of William and Mary

    Claude M. Bain III, Director
    Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament
    Virginia Marine Resources Commission

     

    Program Design
    The Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program (VGFTP), a cooperative project of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), set records for fish tagged and recaptured during 2002, its eighth year of operation. The VGFTP is primarily funded with revenues from Virginia's saltwater recreational fishing license. In addition, support for the program is provided by Virginia's Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program at VIMS.

    Program Goals
    The VGFTP is designed to accomplish three specific goals:

    • To develop a quality oriented tagging program utilizing recreational anglers to enhance data collection efforts fro specific species of fish;

    • To educate anglers about the need, benefits, limitations, and operation of tagging programs and other information gathering efforts directed toward saltwater fin fish, including the proper methods for reporting the recapture of tagged fish; and,

    • To reinforce efforts to educate anglers about the benefits and proper techniques for catching, handling, releasing, and tagging fish.

    Virginia Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program • Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    P.O. Box 1346 • Gloucester Point, VA 23062 • 804-684-7170 • 804-684-7161 (fax)