Black sea bass tags released by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) occur in waters between Cape Cod, MA and Cape Hatteras, NC.  Orange and red tags from our program can be reported by way of the form below or by calling us toll-free at (877) 826-2612, fish tagged by other programs can be reported on a separate page (click here to link to non-NEFSC tag reporting).

 

Contact Information   Name:  First  Last   Address:  Mailing address      City  State  Zip   Phone:  Phone 1  Phone 2   email:

 

Tag Description (if you wish to report multiple tags, fill out our form for the first tag and we will contact you regarding the others) Quantity of Tags to Report:     Tag Number:   Tag Color:   Double tagged? (1 fish, 2 tags)  no yes Dbl. Tag #:   Tag Type:   - select tag type - Internal anchor tag T-bar tag (clothing tag) M-tag Data storage tag (archival tag) Dorsal loop tag Dart tag Peterson disk Fin tag Other   Fate of Fish:   - select the fate of fish and tag - Fish and tag were both kept Tag was kept but the fish was released alive Tag was kept but the fish was discarded (dead) Fish was released (alive) with same tag Fish was released (alive) with new tag Tag was found without a fish    New tag number (if applicable) Release Condition (if released alive) :     Excellent Good Fair Poor Unknown

 

Recapture Details Fish Species:   Sex:   unknown male female Date:   - date quality - exact date of recapture recapture within a week of the date given only the month of recapture is known only the year of recapture is known date of recapture is unknown Length:   - length unit - inches centimeters - length quality - estimated measured - length type - fork total filament standard   Weight:   - weight unit - pounds kilograms - weight quality - estimated measured Location:   - select location quality - Lat & Long or Loran C given Approximate location Estimated location Location unknown   (Lat./Long. & Loran C preferred, or submit specific location details) Vessel Name:   Type:   - select vessel industry - Headboat Charter boat Privately owned Commercial vessel Other Port:   State:     Gear Used:   - select gear type - Rod & reel Fish trap/pot Trawl Dredge Longline Gillnet Other Unknown describe gear used if 'other' Depth:   - depth unit - feet fathoms meters   Comments:

Your IP address is - 38.107.191.83

Link to the Cooperative Black Sea Bass Tagging Homepage

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