Top Tag Reporters for 2006...

Over 40 tags

• Carl Bouchard, F/V Stormy Weather

• Tom Bell, F/V Micheal Brandon
• Jim Ford, F/V Lisa Ann II
• Dave Goethel, F/V Ellen Diane II
• Tom Williams, F/V Heritage

• Dan Connors, F/V Early Times
• Randy Gauron, F/V Captn Al
• John Machie, F/V Hen Lee
• Micheal McDonald, F/V It aint easy, F/V Competition
• Philp Powell, F/V Foxy Lady
• Tony Pereira, F/V Blue Seas II, F/V Melissa Jayne
  

• In lobster bait - Our forth lottery winner, Gary Mataronas purchased yellowtail racks from New Bedford and found a tag while filling his bait bags.
• In monkfish bellies - Four separate fishermen have called in tags found in the bellies of monkfish.
• In the parking lot of Bergies Seafood, New Bedford
• On the trail at Nomans Island, south of Martha's Vineyard - Wildlife biologist Janette Tebow speculates that the tagged fish was eaten by an osprey or gull and the indigestible tag was left behind during the birds stop over on the island.
  

Did you know?

Putting a tag in a yellowtail flounder is a lot like getting your tongue pierced...the pin goes straight through muscle and it only hurts for a minute.

When yellowtail flounder are first hatched, the eyes are symmetrical - there is an eye on each side of its head. As it grows the fish flattens out and, in most cases, the left eye slowly moves over to the right side of its head.