SC Marine Game Fish Tagging Program

Instructional Material

Documents

The documents below are in PDF format.

• Sea Turtle Handling/Release Guidelines (NOAA)
  
  
• Professional Angler and Fishing Celebrity Bernie Schultz on Tag and Release
  
  
• Fishing Charleston Harbor & the Jetties (Adobe PDF - file size 2M)
  
  
• Instructions for Recording Information onto the Datasheet (Adobe PDF)
  
  
• Instructions for Recording Information onto the Postage Paid Data Card (Adobe PDF)
  
  
• Tag Locations (Adobe PDF)
  

Videos

Red Drum Release
This video shows tips on releasing large red drum.

Seaqualizer:
This video shows how to use and rig up a descending device (SeaQualizer) for releasing fish caught from deepwater.

Dennison Tag Gun Instruction:
This video shows how to use the Dennison Standard Soft Grip Tagging Gun (Model D16000).

Tag and Release:
This video provides the concept of tag, release and recovery along with instruction on how to apply the nylon dart tag.

Fish measuring:
This video shows how to properly measure your fish.