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Recommendations towards the establishment of best practice standards for handling and intracoelomic implantation of data-storage and telemetry tags in tropical tunas

1 Dec 2023

Archival (data-storage) and telemetry (acoustic and radio) tags are commonly used to provide data on the behavior and physiology of organisms, as well as data on their surrounding environment. For fishes, it is often advantageous to implant tags in the peritoneal cavity (i.e., intracoelomic implantation). The literature on best practices is limited for marine species, and near absent for tunas despite their regular application. We identify recommended practices using laparotomy in tropical tuna species following observations from thousands of tags implantations undertaken during implementation of several tagging programs across the Pacific. These recommended practices include descriptions of preferred tagging stations and equipment, fish selection, surgical procedures, and return of the fish to the wild. While these recommended practices were developed specifically for tropical tuna species, they are also likely applicable for other pelagic fishes. We present these guidelines to guide and promote the development of best practices for such procedures on pelagic species.

Authors

Bruno Leroy, Joe Scutt Phillips, Joanne Potts, Richard Brill, Karen Evans, Fabien Forget, Kim Holland, David Itano, Jeff Muir, Graham Pilling, Simon Nicol

Bibliographic Reference
Bruno Leroy, Joe Scutt Phillips, Joanne Potts, Richard Brill, Karen Evans, et al.. Recommendations towards the establishment of best practice standards for handling and intracoelomic implantation of data-storage and telemetry tags in tropical tunas. Animal Biotelemetry, 2023, 11 (1), pp.4. ⟨10.1186/s40317-023-00316-3⟩. ⟨hal-04032791⟩
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-023-00316-3
HAL Collection
['IRD - Institut de recherche pour le développement', "Sciences De l'Environnement", 'CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique', "IFREMER : Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer", 'GIP Bretagne Environnement', 'Université de Montpellier', 'MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation', 'Université de Montpellier (2015-2021)', 'Université de Montpellier - EPE', 'TEST3-HALCNRS', 'collection test', 'collection test 5', 'Institut écologie et environnement du CNRS']
HAL Identifier
4112243
Institution
['Institut de Recherche pour le Développement', "Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer"]
Laboratory
MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation [Sète]
Published in
France

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