Ok, if someone called you and said they had caught a squid with a tag in it, what would you do?

Obviously you'd try and find out who tagged it; you'd think it would be a simple exercise wouldn't you!

Well, here it is - the tag details ......

JAM ARC NZ4-07869

The space between JAM and ARC probably isn't important (JAMARC: Japanese Marine Fishery Resources Research Centre) ... but are there any sleuths out there that can track down where and when the squid was caught, tagged and released, and who we should contact regarding its capture? I've drawn a blank (although have people trying to track it down).

phone the japanese embasy in youre country theyll give you the contacts to the japanese fishing federation or concern or whatever it is tell them you found theyre squid what should i do?! :grad:

Maybe of some help. Here is the page, still under major construction, but does have a phone #.
http://www.jamarc.go.jp/english/index-e.htm

Hopeful it helps. will keep looking though!

Steve,

There are a few institutions listed here that might know something:

http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v251/p169-179.html

I'll admit, I was hoping "ARC" stood for something else.

Clem

yeh, I was hopin JAM meant Noah was a jamacian rasta!!!

... tracked 'em down this morn (through a cobber in Australia).

Rather strange tagging system that, don't you think!

I searched for about a hour and it was very strange that it was so hard to report. Does not seem that effective.

That definitely was unexpected.... I didnt even think there were cobblers anymore....