Return tagged fish and shellfish
How to return tagged fish and shellfish, how much you get paid and what information to include.
Applies to England and Wales
Fish are tagged to record fish behaviour, growth and fishing catch rates.
If you return a tag or a tagged fish or shellfish you鈥檙e paid a reward.
There are 2 types of tag:
- conventional 鈥榤arker鈥� tags
- data storage tags
Conventional 'marker' tag
Data storage tag
It鈥檚 important to include information about the fish or shellfish (recapture details), including:
- the tag number and colour
- the date it was caught
- where it was caught (including longitude and latitude if possible)
- the sex, size and weight
How much you get for returning tagged fish
If you return a tagged fish or a fish tag you鈥檙e paid:
- 拢6 for a conventional 鈥榤arker鈥� tag (not data storage tag), plus the market value of the fish and postage costs
- 拢75 for data storage tags
- 拢25 extra if you return the fish with the data storage tag
You could also win 拢1,000 in an annual lottery.
How much you get for returning tagged shellfish
If you return a tagged shellfish you鈥檙e paid:
- 拢6 for a shellfish with a conventional tag and full recapture details
- 拢50 for a shellfish with a data storage tags and full recapture details
How to return tags or tagged fish or shellfish
Phone the 24-hour reporting hotline on 01502 524526 and leave your details.
Complete and return the relevant form, either online or by printing it out:
You can send tags in the post to Cefas or your local Marine Management Organisation (MMO) office (who will forward them to Cefas).
If you鈥檙e sending tagged fish or shellfish, Cefas will send a courier at a time agreed with you.
You鈥檙e paid by cheque within 2 months.
Contact
Cefas
Email:[email protected]
Telephone: 01502 524 526
Fish tag returns
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 0HT
Marine Management Organisation
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