06-04-2004, 08:12 PM
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL—Florida biologists are tagging flathead catfish in the upper stretch of the Apalachicola River as part of a survey to learn how many tagged cats get caught by anglers and how far they disperse in the 107-mile-long-river.[/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Biologists recently began electroshocking near the Jim Woodruff Dam and plan to end their tagging work at mile marker 60, near Estiffanulga Landing. So far, they've tagged almost 1,000 flatheads 19 inches and longer. [/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Each tagged fish will have a small, orange "T-bar" tag near the front of the dorsal fin. Officials ask anglers who catch a tagged fish to clip the tag and call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission's fisheries field office at: (850) 627-9674. [/size][/#000000][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Biologists recently began electroshocking near the Jim Woodruff Dam and plan to end their tagging work at mile marker 60, near Estiffanulga Landing. So far, they've tagged almost 1,000 flatheads 19 inches and longer. [/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Each tagged fish will have a small, orange "T-bar" tag near the front of the dorsal fin. Officials ask anglers who catch a tagged fish to clip the tag and call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission's fisheries field office at: (850) 627-9674. [/size][/#000000][/font]
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