Tags |
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Researchers use different types of tags to re-sight individual animals. Use this page to find out where the tag you have seen came from. If you would like to learn more about a tag, click on the logo for the affiliation. |
Tag Type | Species | Photo of tag | Tag on animal | Affiliation | Description |
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branding branding | Gray seal | branding on back of body Large letters and numbers branded on the dorsal side of the animal |
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branding branding | Harbor seal | no image | no image | branding on both shoulders Freeze branding on both shoulders including letters and numbers for harbor seals. |
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yellow cattle tag | dolphin | Yellow cattle tag dorsal fin Yellow cattle tag on trailing edge of dorsal fin |
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red cattle tag | dolphin | red cattle tag red cattle tag on dorsal fin used to indicate dead animals |
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yellow cattle tag | dolphin | Yellow square tag Geno Tissue Sampling tag Yellow Cattle Geno Tissue Sampling tags by Caisly Eartag Limited |
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hat tag | seal | no image | yellow, orange or red hat tag yellow, orange or red hat tag |
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yellow hat tag | Harbor seal | yellow hat tag yellow hat tag on harbor seal tagged by Dr. Gwénaël Beauplet Universite Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in collaboration with Mike Hammill, DFO. These seals also have plastic roto flipper tags that can be a mix of blue, red, yellow and green. Blue male, red female. |
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yellow hat tag | seal | yellow hat tag yellow hat tag on seal head. Each side has a black number. |
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orange head tag | seal | Orange plastic tag on head Round, orange plastic tag with number on head |
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green hind flipper | seal | green plastic tag hind flipper tag green plastic roto tag on hind flipper. |
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green hind flipper | Gray seal | no image | no image | green plastic tag on hind flipper green plastic tag on hind flipper |
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hind flipper | seal | no image | no image | various colors plastic tag on hind flipper various colors including green plastic tag on hind flipper can be red, green, blue, black, white, yellow |
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white hind flipper | seal | no image | white plastic hind flipper tag New tags are white, older tags were yellow plastic hind flipper tag with black writing. Can also be white with black writing for CoA |
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orange hind flipper | seal | orange plastic tag on hind flipper plastic Allflex tag on hind flipper (MMSC in the past has also used light blue/red/orange). Males tagged left, females tagged right. |
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yellow hind flipper | seal | Yellow Tag with Black Letters beginning with DO Yellow Tag with Black Letters beginning with DO (2letters followed by numbers). Placed on dead animals by fishery observers. |
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pink hind flipper | seal | pink plastic tag on hind flipper pink hind flipper tag (left for males, right for females). In the past, UNE MARC has used purple tags. |
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orange hind flipper | seal | no image | orange hind flipper tag orange hind flipper tag (left for males, right for females) |
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orange hind flipper | seal | no image | orange plastic tag on left hind flipper (left flipper for male or female) |
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yellow hind flipper | seal | yellow plastic hind flipper tag yellow plastic hind flipper tag (left for female, right for male) |
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yellow hind flipper | Gray seal | no image | Yellow Cattle tag Yellow cattle tag placed on gray seal pups during 2015 gray seal captures on Monomoy, MA. |
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yellow hind flipper | seal | no image | Yellow hind flipper sheep tag small yellow hind flipper sheep tag National Aquarium |
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yellow hind flipper | seal | yellow plastic hind flipper tag yellow plastic hind flipper tag (left flipper can be male or female) |
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yellow hind flipper | seal | no image | Yellow hind flipper sheep tag Small yellow tag on hind flipper (older tags used) |
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blue hind flipper | Harbor seal | no image | Small hind flipper tag light blue light blue hind flipper tag on harbor seals, tagged in Virginia |
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red hind flipper | seal | no image | no image | red hind flipper tag red allflex large hind flipper tag (sheep tag) |
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green hind flipper | seal | no image | green plastic tag on hind flipper green plastic Allflex tag on hind flipper (MMSC in the past has also used light blue red/orange) |
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pink hind flipper | seal | Pink Tag. Old tags are larger Allflex triangular tags. New Tags are small sheep tag |
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blue hind flipper | seal | no image | light blue plastic hind flipper tag light blue and red/orange Allflex plastic hind flipper tags were used in the past. |
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yellow hind flipper | seal | no image | Yellow tag with # Yellow hind flipper tag - Geno Tissue Sampling tags by Caisly Eartag Limited |
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white hind flipper | seal | white plastic hind flipper tag white plastic hind flipper tag (left for male, right for female) |
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orange hind flipper | Harbor seal | orange plastic hind flipper tag orange plastic hind flipper tag |
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blue hind flipper | seal | no image | blue Caisly hind flipper Caisly tags (biopsy) hind flipper blue, no phone number on tag. Capital N followed by 4 numbers |
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green hind flipper | Gray seal | green plastic tag hind flipper green plastic tag on hind flipper on left, right or both hind flippers. Placed on gray seal pups and adults by NMFS/NEFSC Woods Hole (2001-2015) |
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black/silver radio tag | seal | radio tag on back or neck of seal small black/silver cylindrical box on back body or head/neck region of seal with large antennae |
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black/silver radio tag | seal | no image | radio tag on back of seal black radio tag with white label with large antennae on back of seal |
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black/silver satellite tag | dolphin | no image | no image | satellite tag on dorsal fin satellite tag on dorsal fin can be black or other color such as white or silver/black with a small antennae |
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black/silver satellite tag | dolphin | satellite tag on dorsal fin satellite tag mounted on dorsal fin with small antennae- can vary in color: black/silver/white |