Overview of Fish Tagging

Draft AnalysisFebruary 5, 2013

AWG

Costs to BPA by tag type

Tagging Cost estimated 2012

CWT; 7000000; 12%

PIT; 24500000; 42%

Genetic; 5600000;

10%

Radio; 1800000;

3%

Acoustic; 18000000; 31%

Others; 1200000; 2%

Tagging Cost estimated 2012

Tagging Cost estimated (no JSATS)

CWT17%

PIT60%

Genetic14% Radio

4%

Acoustic2%

Others3%

Tagging Cost estimated (no JSATS)

$58,100,000

$41,100,000

Estimated 2012 Tagging Costs with and without JSATS

Number of Fish Tagged

Number of fish tagged or marked in 2011, or if available, 2012

Ad-fin clip; 105,000,000

CWT; 29,000,000

PIT; 2,857,473

Genetic; 21,000,000

Radio; 1,000

Acoustic; 50,760

Otolith; 43,259,500

Others; 1,000,000

Number of fish tagged in 2011, or if available, 2012(No adipose clipping numbers included in this slide)

CWT; 29,000,000

PIT; 2,857,473

Genetic; 21,000,000

Radio; 1,000Acoustic; 50,760

Otolith; 43,259,500

Others; 1,000,000

The Big 3

Three long lasting tag types produce most of the information currentlyused to meet the Fish and Wildlife Program management objectives:

• Coded Wire tags

• PIT tags

• Genetic information

In some important ways these three tag types can be viewed as incompetition to provide information to answer many management questions in the Fish and Wildlife Program.

Cost (BPA) Number of fish

CWT 29,000,000 PIT 2,857,473 Genetic 21,000,000

CWT $ 7,000,000 PIT $ 24,500,000 Genetic $ 5,600,000

Number of fish tagged

Closer look at the 3 primary tag typestag data from 2011

CWT55%

PIT5%

Genetic40%

Number of tagged fish

CWT19%

PIT66%

Genetic15%

Cost to BPA

Closer look at the 3 primary tag typesdata from 2011

Cost Share Number of fishCWT; 79,253 ; 0

PIT; 15,096,716 ; 1

Genetic; 50,169 ; 0

Number of detections

CWT; 79,253 ; 0

PIT; 1,168,578 ; 1

Genetic; 50,169 ; 0

Number of unique fish detections

Closer look at the 3 primary tag typesApproximate from estimated costs and tagging efforts.

Cost Share Number of fishNumber of detections Number of unique fish detections

CWT PIT Genetic $-

$20.00

$40.00

$60.00

$80.00

$100.00

$120.00

$88.32

$1.62

$111.62

Cost per detection

CWT PIT Genetic $-

$20.00

$40.00

$60.00

$80.00

$100.00

$120.00

$88.32

$20.97

$111.64

Cost per unique fish detection

Regardless of Costs:How well do the tags answer Management

Questions?

That can be better answered after the next Fish Tagging Forum meeting.

Status of Primary Tagging ToolsDraft as of February 5, 2013

CWT PIT Genetics Otolith

Cost Effectiveness ?Management

Goals and Objectives ?

Legacy Commitment

Future Potential ?