Fish Tagging Project in Effect within Pasqua Lake and the Qu’Appelle River System
Starting in May 2010, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment (MoE), the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the Saskatchewan Walleye Trail are conducting a cooperative research project on the spawning migrations and habitats used by bigmouth buffalo, northern pike, walleye and channel catfish originating at Pasqua Lake.
Two types of tags will be used for study.
1) Small passive transponder tags - [shown above left] are 3.2 cm long
2) Larger radio-tracking tags - [shown above right] are 9 cm long and have a 30 cm external whip-antenna
Both tags are surgically implanted in the fish’s abdominal cavity and are non-toxic and non-lethal to the fish. Fish with tag #1 will have a small scar on their belly whereas the fish with tag #2 will have suture marks on their belly as well as a visible external antenna. Also, fish with tag #2 will be marked with an orange “spaghetti-like” floy tag approximately four cm long attached to the top of the fish near the dorsal fin. These tags contain a four digit number.
If you catch a tagged fish, please release the fish and report your catch, along with tag number and location caught to one of the contacts below. If you mistakenly kill a research fish, please return the tag to either your local conservation officer or DFO and arrange to mail it back to one of the contacts below. Please include the date, location and species of fish captured with the tag.
Ministry of Environment (306) 953-3242
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (306) 692-8812
DFO – Prairies Area, Regina Office (306) 780-8725
For an update on the project - click here
If you have any questions, please contact:
Adam Matichuk
Fisheries Project Coordinator
(306) 692-8812
amatichuk.swf@sasktel.net
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