Julian,
Dennison tags are similar to those used in department stores that attach the price tags to clothing (also called anchor tags). The anchor that is inserted into the fish is about 5-7mm with the portion that sticks out of the fish being about 8cm (this can be cut). We purchase the tags from Tex-Pac (Address - 130 New Hyde Park Rd., Franklin Square, N.Y. 11010 - Phone # 1-800-645-3416). The price for 5,000 tags is about $27.50. I do not know if they are suitable for small fishes. Fisheries Techniques (Nielson and Johnson 1983) has a tagging and marking chapter that has an illustration of the anchor tag and might give you some other ideas.
Cheryl
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Lamprey tags Author: John G Herron at 3MS~FA Date: 1/21/98 1:00 PM
Hello Cheryl, Could you please tell me more about the colored Dennison tags. Are they suitable for small fishes (about 10 cm) and where can I buy them? Thanks in advance for any info you may have. Cheers, Julian ______________________________________________________________________ Julian Dodson, Directeur scientifique, CIRSA (Centre Interuniversitaire de recherche sur le saumon atlantique) Departement de biologie, Universite Laval, Ste-Foy, Quebec Canada ___________________________________________________________________________ tel 1-418-656-3289 fax 1-418-656-2339 [log in to unmask] ___________________________________________________________________________
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