South Carolina Dolphin Tagging Study - Four Tag Recoveries Reported
Recoveries of four dolphin tags were received. A dolphin tagged by charter Captain Scott Goodwin 20nm SE of Cape Canaveral was recaptured 18 days later 50nm E of Jeckyl Island, GA by E. L. Thompson. A fish tagged May 17 by James Moore 65nm SE of Charleston, SC was recovered June 21 by Margaret Suppler 55 miles NE of Oregon Inlet, NC while fishing aboard the charter vessel “Propagator.”
Two additional tagged dolphin have been reported observed captured by anglers fishing out of Swansboro, NC and Beaufort, NC. No information has been received on either fish.
Southeastern Anglers Support Project
With the recent donations from the Charlotte Offshore Sportfishing Club and the Georgia Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series, sportfishing clubs and organizations from Florida to North Carolina have joined in providing financial support to the dolphin tagging study. The following organizations have provided financial support for the study in 2002:
Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club
Central Florida Offshore Anglers, Inc.
Charlotte Offshore Sportfishing Club
Coastal Conservation Association of SC
Georgia Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series
Greenville Saltwater Sportfishing Club
Hilton Head Island Sportfishing Club
Murrells Inlet Saltwater Fishing Club
Sebastian Inlet Sportfishing Association, Inc.
SC Saltwater Sportfishing Association Tagging Effort Grows
Over 300 sport fishermen from Key West to New York have volunteered to assist in tagging dolphin.
Over 95 percent of these anglers own their own boats. Florida leads the field with 174 volunteers followed by South Carolina with 112 signed up to tag. Interest in the program is growing in North Carolina with 26 vessels signed up to tag. A high level of tagging in NC is considered important to the study and hopefully more anglers will step forward.
New Jersey and New York are represented by a single individual each.
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