Cooperative Tagging Center (CTC)

Description

The Cooperative Tagging Center (CTC) began as the Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Program (GTP) at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in 1954. The GTP was started by Dr. Frank J. Mather III with an initial focus on bluefin tuna. The program quickly expanded to include billfish in 1973 and became a joint effort between the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and WHOI. In 1980 the Miami Laboratory of the NMFSs Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) took complete responsibility for the operation, funding, and maintenance of the GTP (CTC History). In 1992 the SEFSC changed the program name to the CTC due to an increase in tagging efforts for a wider variety of species, as well as an increase in tagging research needs and requests for tagging data. Constituents have tagged over 270,000 fish of nearly 80 different species, however, today the CTC focuses solely on the tagging of billfish and tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/5453.pdf
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5453
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • anglers
  • fishery-dependent
  • tuna
  • noaa
  • gear
  • southeast fisheries science center
  • marlin
  • pacific
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
  • cooperative tagging system
  • atlantic ocean
  • gulf of mexico
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • waterbody
  • fisheries-independent data
  • mediterarean
  • 1940-present
  • swordfish
  • billfish
  • tagging
  • caribbean

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