If you catch a fish with a yellow dorsal loop tag, we request that you fill out this form with the recapture information to submit to the American Littoral Society.  By doing so, you will add valuable scientific information to our database. 

Please only remove the tag if it looks to be hurting the fish or cannot be read easily.
 
When we receive your form, we enter the data into our database. In return, you and the person who originally tagged the fish will receive:
  • The history of your fish (where it was tagged, how much it has grown)
  • An American Littoral Society Fish Tagging Program sticker
  • Information about our tagging program 
  • The knowledge that you have made a contribution to marine fisheries science
  • If you are interested in becoming a tagger, contact Emily McGuckin at 848-303-1791 or send an email to [email protected].​

​To make it easy for you to respond, you can submit a return form online from this page or you can download our tag return form. Complete the form, tape the tag to it and mail it to the address on the form. 
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    Online Fish Tag Return Form

    If you cannot read the 6 digit code on the tag with 100% accuracy we ask that you please mail the tag to our office so that we can decipher it for you. Thank you for contributing to the fish tagging database!