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Natural Resources and Conservation

1997

Fish tagging; fish populations; Virginia

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Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program Annual Report 1996, Cm Bain Iii, John A. Lucy Jan 1997

Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program Annual Report 1996, Cm Bain Iii, John A. Lucy

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The Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program (VGFfP), a cooperative project of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), enjoyed its second full year of operation in 1996. Participation in the project, which is funded with revenues generated by Virginia's saltwater recreational fishing license, nearly doubled with 127 anglers volunteering as taggers compared to 64 in 1995.