Sat tagging looks very interesting, my only concern is would the tag stay attached to the fish long enough ? We have all experienced the infamous reefing after hook up so am curious to see how a GT would react with something attached to its back ? Would it try to rub it off on some rocks ? Spearfishing friends and divers have told me many times seeing GTs furiously forcing they ways into narrow gulleys and caves to eat crawfish, crabs or an escaping small fish. Due to the nature and behaviour of GTs am very curious to see if sat tagging would work. I am supporting the idea for sure.
All other succesful taggings are happening on pelagic species and open water swimming fish, am not aware of any sat tagging done on what could considered as a reef fish.
It would be great to be able to tag a large GT in Oman just before they tend to "disappear" and find out where they go.
Recapture rate is probaly higher than we think. 2 years ago I caught a few decent fish on the islands that had recent hook marks, I cannot tell 100% if these were caused by my own lure or if these were fresh from a recent capture.
Anyway well done for this great idea and I hope you are able to implement a sat tagging program. The whole GT community will benefit from it.
Cheers.
