Tagging programs provide a window into the lives of migratory fish. Several years ago, the American Saltwater Guides Association initiated a tagging effort through the NOAA Cooperative Tagging program built to collect data on an important but underserved species, the false albacore. NOAA Fisheries started its Cooperative Tagging program in
Feature Photo: Striped Bass Magic The annual migratory behavior of striped bass is incredibly impressive and often under-appreciated. Every spring, stripers navigate a geographical expanse as far south as Virginia up to the coast of Maine, crossing state boundaries, dodging a gauntlet of predators and assimilating into vastly different habitats
Fisheries management often follows a repeating pattern where action is taken only if a species trends to a critical point. ASGA aims to break this cycle while proactively contributing to data and supporting leading researchers focused on unappreciated and understudied species like false albacore and jack crevalle. At the same
Feature Image: A false albacore being landed off Jupiter Florida by the Cheeky Fishing team, a multi-year sponsor of this research effort. The latest results from the 2023 Albie Project are available. 2023 was our second season deploying telemetry tags on false albacore in partnership with the Anderson Cabot Center
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