PIT tags...

[Kirt Hughes]

Well you could look in to the PIT tag they are using for salmonids
returning through hydro-power producing dams.  There are very small, one
roll of wire provides the same number to all specimens and are placed in
3"-5" smolts headed for sea.

On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, Vincent Egan wrote:

> Julian Humphries wrote:
> ->I checked into this technology, too, its call PIT (passive
> ->interogative transitors).
>
> I thought PIT stood for Passive Implantable Transponder.  PIT tags
> have been used quite extensively in mark-recapture studies and to
> identify captive animals.  As far as I know,  they are supplied with
> a unique number - I don't know about the feasibility/cost involved in
> getting a particular institution's own coding system encoded though.
> These tags wouldn't really be suitable for small specimens - they are
> cylindrical and about 2.5 cm in length.
>
> Regards,
> Vincent
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