Investigations of Horizontal Movements of Atlantic Swordfish Using Pop-up Satellite Archival Tags

2009 ◽  
pp. 145-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Neilson ◽  
Sean Smith ◽  
François Royer ◽  
Stacey D. Paul ◽  
Julie M. Porter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Archival Tags

Integrating tracking and resight data enables unbiased inferences about migratory connectivity and winter range survival from archival tags

The Condor ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clark S Rushing ◽  
Aimee M Van Tatenhove ◽  
Andrew Sharp ◽  
Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez ◽  
Mary C Freeman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Migratory Connectivity ◽  
Migratory Species ◽  
Pet Trade ◽  
Winter Range ◽  
Archival Tags ◽  
Breeding Grounds ◽  
Unbiased Estimates ◽  
Further Development

Abstract Archival geolocators have transformed the study of small, migratory organisms but analysis of data from these devices requires bias correction because tags are only recovered from individuals that survive and are re-captured at their tagging location. We show that integrating geolocator recovery data and mark–resight data enables unbiased estimates of both migratory connectivity between breeding and nonbreeding populations and region-specific survival probabilities for wintering locations. Using simulations, we first demonstrate that an integrated Bayesian model returns unbiased estimates of transition probabilities between seasonal ranges. We also used simulations to determine how different sampling designs influence the estimability of transition probabilities. We then parameterized the model with tracking data and mark–resight data from declining Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) populations breeding in the eastern United States, hypothesized to be threatened by the illegal pet trade in parts of their Caribbean, nonbreeding range. Consistent with this hypothesis, we found that male buntings wintering in Cuba were 20% less likely to return to the breeding grounds than birds wintering elsewhere in their range. Improving inferences from archival tags through proper data collection and further development of integrated models will advance our understanding of the full annual cycle ecology of migratory species.

scholarly journals Characterization of Depth Distributions, Temperature Associations, and Seasonal Migrations of Atlantic Halibut in the Gulf of St. Lawrence using Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 341-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah M. Murphy ◽  
Jonathan A. D. Fisher ◽  
Arnault Le Bris ◽  
Mathieu Desgagnés ◽  
Martin Castonguay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Halibut ◽  
Archival Tags ◽  
Seasonal Migrations ◽  
Depth Distributions

scholarly journals First marlin archival tagging study suggests new direction for research

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Domeier ◽  
Sofia Ortega-Garcia ◽  
Nicole Nasby-Lucas ◽  
Paxson Offield
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Cavity ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Tracking Data ◽  
Recovery Rates ◽  
Geographic Position ◽  
Archival Tags ◽  
Fish Tracking ◽  
Tag Shedding

Decades of billfish tagging studies have been hindered by below-par conventional tag recovery rates and high rates of premature satellite pop-up tag shedding. With hopes of obtaining long-term tracking data, we performed the world’s first archival tagging study on an istiophorid, surgically implanting 99 archival tags into the peritoneal cavity of striped marlin (Kajikia audax) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Marlin were also tagged externally with a conventional tag before release. Ten archival tags (10.1%) were recovered with days at liberty (DAL) ranging from 400 to 2795. Nine recoveries were from Mexican waters, whereas one marlin was recaptured off Ecuador. In total, 100% of the light stalks on the archival tags failed, with nine failing within the first 3 months of deployment; because the light data are used to estimate the geographic position of the tagged fish, tracking data were compromised. The absence of conventional tags on all recaptured marlin indicates that studies of marlin using conventional tags have been hindered by tag shedding rather than tagging-associated mortality or underreporting. Our high recapture rate and long DAL suggest istiophorid science could be greatly advanced by archival tagging if new tag designs or methods can eliminate tag failure.

scholarly journals Tracking bluefin tuna reproductive migration into the Mediterranean Sea with electronic pop-up satellite archival tags using two tagging procedures

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Abascal ◽  
Antonio Medina ◽  
José M. De La Serna ◽  
Dolores Godoy ◽  
Guillermo Aranda
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Bluefin Tuna ◽  
Archival Tags ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Reproductive Migration

Habitat and behaviour of yellowfin tunaThunnus albacaresin the Gulf of Mexico determined using pop-up satellite archival tags

2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (7) ◽  
pp. 1434-1449 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Weng ◽  
M. J. W. Stokesbury ◽  
A. M. Boustany ◽  
A. C. Seitz ◽  
S. L. H. Teo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Archival Tags

Movements of pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) in the Eastern North Pacific revealed with archival tags

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 94-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre M. Boustany ◽  
Robyn Matteson ◽  
Michael Castleton ◽  
Charles Farwell ◽  
Barbara A. Block
Keyword(s):  
North Pacific ◽  
Bluefin Tuna ◽  
Pacific Bluefin Tuna ◽  
Thunnus Orientalis ◽  
Archival Tags

Spatial and temporal variability in the trans-Pacific migration of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) revealed by archival tags

2018 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 52-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ko Fujioka ◽  
Hiromu Fukuda ◽  
Yaoki Tei ◽  
Suguru Okamoto ◽  
Hidetada Kiyofuji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variability ◽  
Bluefin Tuna ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽  
Pacific Bluefin Tuna ◽  
Thunnus Orientalis ◽  
Archival Tags

Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic Global Environment

2009 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Migration Behavior ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Return Rates ◽  
Archival Tags ◽  
Acoustic Tags ◽  
Electronic Tags ◽  
Diadromous Species

<em>Abstract</em>.-Tagging fish with electronic tags can provide information on movement, migration, behavior, and stock structure while diadromous species are at sea. The state of the art technology for tracking fishes in the marine environment includes two families of tags. Archival tags store data and either relay them to satellites or require recapture for interrogation. Low return rates for diadromous species make these tags very expensive to use. A second type, acoustic tags, sends signals to passive receivers. Information is collected from the fish only when it is within range of a receiver. Technology is now being developed to mesh these tags into a fully integrated tag that will permit archived data to be transmitted acoustically over multiple frequencies to receivers allowing data retrieval without recapturing the animal. The new technology includes a "business card" tag that is a miniaturized receiver coupled with a coded pulse transmitter. These tags will exchange and record individual-specific codes when two animals carrying them come within acoustic range of each other, which will allow data from many animals to be moved ashore through few animals. These devices would be ideal for quantifying the degree of school fidelity (or, conversely, mixing) or the degree of at sea interaction of fishes from different river systems and provide ecological information to enhance management in an ecosystem approach to fisheries.

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