Fate and Chance Encounters: Mark-Recapture Studies in an Open Fish Population — Flashback Friday - FISHBIO

Fate and Chance Encounters: Mark-Recapture Studies in an Open Fish Population — Flashback Friday - FISHBIO

This week’s Flashback Friday elucidates the ins and outs of mark-recapture studies, and how FISHBIO uses them to study striped bass populations in the San Joaquin River. Reeling in a behemoth is a chance encounter with a formidable fish, and your decision whether to keep or release your catch seals the fish’s fate. If your catch is marked with a tag, its fate is of particular interest to fish researchers trying to understand fish survival and ab…