Gray Fishtag Research, Inc.
Research ServicesFlorida, United States2-10 Employees
Gray FishTag Research is a small nonprofit organization based in Pompano Beach, Florida. It runs an international, interactive fish tagging program that relies on a network of approximately 10,000 charter boat captains and mates to supply real-time data from fishermen around the world. The resulting information supports scientific understanding of migration patterns, stock levels, growth rates, and habitat depths, and is shared with researchers at no cost. The organization provides tags, applicators, data cards, hands-on training, and ongoing support to participating fishermen for free, a key factor in data accuracy. Working with NOAA Fisheries and academic partners, the program distributes and analyzes the data to promote sustainability of marine game fish and raise public resource awareness.