Lottery, Rewards & Winners
Yellowtail Flounder $1000 Lottery
The Yellowtail Flounder Cooperative Tagging Program holds a regular $1000 lottery drawing. Fishermen, fish processors, or even beach combers are all eligible for the lottery provided:
  • Tags were mailed and received by the program
  • The required information was reported
For more information and details Click Here

High Reward & Data Storage Tags
Specially marked pink and yellow high reward tags and green data storage
tags have been released on yellowtail flounder throughout all regions.
Returning one of these tags with the corresponding data collect may qualify
you for a reward of $100!!!

For more information Click Here

Congratulations to John Machie!
John is our 11th winner of the $1000 yellowtail tag lottery.

John is a luck guy, his tag, 1841 was drawn at the Maine Fisherman's Forum held on March 1 -3, 2007. As well as having luck on his side, he has been working hard with the yellowtail flounder tagging program - John has reported a total of 145 tags! Tag 1841 was released on a yellowtail flounder on July 12, 2003, at large for 329 days until John recaptured it on June 6, 2004. The 48 cm (~19"), female flounder was released and recaptured on the southwest end of Georges Bank.

Are you eligable to collect your rewards and enter the lotter? These $100 reward recipients and lottery winners were.
Lucky Limanda, the keeper of lottery tags, says Congratulations to all the winners!
 
Page last modified: March 7, 2007
Contact: Catherine.Sumi@noaa.gov

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