Dhufish recapture
Had a dhufish recaught out from two rocks on the 6/10/2011This dhufish was tagged on the 10/7/2011 it has grown 20mm still not sure if it has moved far or still on the same place first tagged .This dhufish was gut hooked and hooks left in fishes gut /throat.Snelled double hooks .It also had swollen gut and eyes were slightly bulging.We used a release weight to get it to the bottom 34mThis was one fish that had a small chance of servival.The fish was in good condition with no signs of hooks or being caught in the past. To grow 20mm one would think the fish has been eating well and the hooks have fallen out or rusted away .The hole in the gut repaired.To date this is the best recapture yet.Will post once I know if it has moved or not .
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fisho-ron
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cant get any better proof
cant get any better proof than that paul.
how many in total have you recaptured now?
leighroy
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Good news!
Very interesting, good to hear it pulled through and is doing well
Paul G
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I didn't catch that one it
I didn't catch that one it was phoned into ansa. I do know the guy and have rung him I will give him the gps mark to see if it has moved any.That is 13 recaptured
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Lamby
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Great stuff Paul
Great stuff Paul
snappermiles
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great stuff
those survival rates seem to be looking better
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Markie
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Cheers
Good stuff paul good to know this sort of information and that for all the people(old boys)who tell me we are wasting our time with release weights with dhuies etc can hopefully realize they do work and they can live on even in such bad form.
Bodie
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nice work paul, good to hear
nice work paul, good to hear storeys like this.
Curious, do you have anyone from fisheries or research agencies contacting you about the tagging your doing???
Jody
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Early
Only early days for us yet Bodie, and lots going on behind the scenes.
ANSA have been tagging for many years .... eg the Samson Science project
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Great to hear!
Great to hear!
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Paul G
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Im hoping to be up around
Im hoping to be up around 400-500 tagged dhuies by the end of 2012 this will give me if now one else some hard data on release and recapture and movements in my area .We do need help from all fishers .I can put the tags in and will catch a %ageof my own fish. but im sure the are more of my fish being caught and not reported. Im looking forward to getting out after the ban and finding some of the tagged ones ,hopefully some will have moved to different areas.
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