No apparent negative tagging effects after 13 years at liberty for lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris implanted with acoustic transmitter. Issue 1 (11th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smukall, Matthew J.; Kessel, Steven T.; Franks, Bryan R.; Feldheim, Kevin A.; Guttridge, Tristan L.; Gruber, Samuel H.
• Is Part Of: Journal of fish biology. Volume 94:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 173
• Page End: 177
• Publication Date: 2018-12-11
• Subjects: acoustic telemetry -- internal transmitter -- Negaprion brevirostris -- tag retention; Fishes -- Periodicals; Fishes -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 597
• DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13856
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1112

Abstract

Abstract : An intact and uncompromised internal acoustic transmitter was non‐lethally recovered from a lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris, after 13 years at liberty. The shark, first tagged at an estimated age of 2 years old near South Bimini, Bahamas in 2004, was recaptured in 2017 with a total length of 264 cm. The tagged shark displayed typical growth rate, pregnancy, natal homing and pupping behaviour of other individuals in this population. This observation provides important evidence regarding the effects from long‐term retention of implanted acoustic transmitters in a carcharhinid shark.