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Table 3 
List of immediate ( 1- p ) and long-term instantaneous (L) tag-loss rates found in the literature. 
Some authors did not estimate p . 
Species (and tag type) 
Authors 
Immediate 
1 ~P 
Annual 
L 
Plaice (silver wire) 
Gulland, 1963 
0.162 
Plaice (stainless steel) 
Gulland, 1963 
0.025 
Pacific yellowfm tuna 
Chapman et al., 1965 
0.814 
Pacific yellowfm tuna 
Bayliff and Mobrand, 1972 
0.087 
0.278 
Southern bluefin tuna 
Hynd, 1969 
0.26 
Southern bluefin tuna 
Kirkwood, 1981 
0.205 
Southern bluefin tuna (60s and 70’s) 
Hampton and Kirkwood, 1990 
0.173-0.301 
Southern bluefin tuna (80s) 
Hampton and Kirkwood, 1990 
0.056 
Atlantic bluefin tuna 
Lenarz et al., 1973 
0.027 
0.310 
Atlantic bluefin tuna 
Baglin et al., 1980 
0.042 
0.186 
North Pacific albacore 
Laurs et al. 1976 
0.12 
0.086-0.098 
Australian salmon 
Kirkwood and Walker, 1984 
0.29 
Stripey sea perch (dart) 
Whitelaw and Sainsbury, 1986 
2.116 
Stripey sea perch (anchor) 
Whitelaw and Sainsbury, 1986 
0.415 
Sablefish 
Beamish and McFarlane, 1988 
0.05 
0.020 
Sablefish (anterior) 
This study 
0.048 
0.030 
Sablefish (posterior) 
This study 
0.048 
0.069 
Rig (anterior ) 
Francis, 1989 
0.039 
Rig (posterior ) 
Francis, 1989 
0.013 
Largemouth bass (anterior) 
Hightower and Gilbert, 1984 
3.977 
Largemouth bass (posterior) 
Hightower and Gilbert, 1984 
1.370 
Striped bass (anchor) 
Waldman et al., 1991 
0.229 
Striped bass (internal anchor) 
Waldman et al., 1991 
0.004 
White bass 
Muoneke, 1992 
0 
0.285 
Lingcod 
Smith et al., 1990 
0.137 
Black rockfish 
Lai and Culver, 1991 
0.131 
Brown trout 
Faragher and Gordon, 1992 
0.181 
Rainbow trout 
Faragher and Gordon, 1992 
0.201 
Cutthroat trout (coded wire) 
Blankenship and Tipping, 1993 
0.000 
Cutthroat trout (visible impl) 
Blankenship and Tipping, 1993 
0.035 
Northern pike (anchor) 
Pierce and Tomcko, 1993 
0.015 
Northern pike (Dennison) 
Pierce and Tomcko, 1993 
0.015 
White sturgeon (anterior) 
Rien et al., 1991 
0.041 
White sturgeon (posterior) 
Rien et al., 1991 
0.128 
Channel catfish (spaghetti) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.286 
Channel catfish (anchor) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.252 
Blue catfish (spaghetti) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.177 
Blue catfish (anchor) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.083 
Smallmouth buffalo (spaghetti) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.489 
Smallmouth buffalo (anchor) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.036 
Bigmouth buffalo (spaghetti) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.611 
Bigmouth buffalo (anchor) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.000 
Paddlefish (spaghetti) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.036 
Paddlefish (anchor) 
Timmons and Howell, 1995 
0.022 
Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus. Fish. Bull. 
78:179-185. 
Bayliff, W. H., and L. M. Mobrand. 
1972. Estimates of the rates of shedding of dart tags from 
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Beamish, R. J., and G. A. McFarlane. 
1 987. Current trends in age determination methodology. In 
R. C. Summerfelt and G. E. Hall (eds.), Age and growth of 
fish, p.15-42. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames, IA. 
1988. Resident and dispersal behavior of adult sablefish 
(Anoplopoma fimbria ) in the slope waters of Canada’s west 
coast. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 45:152-164. 
Beverton, R. H. J., and S. J. Holt. 
1957. On the dynamics of exploited fish populations. Fish. 
Invest. Ser. II Mar. Fish. G. B. Minist. Agric. Fish. Food 
9, 533 p. 
Blankenship, H. L., and J. M. Tipping. 
1993. Evaluation of visible implant and sequentially coded 
wire tags in sea-run cutthroat trout. N. Am. J. Fish. 
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Butler, J. L., C. A. Kimbrell, W. C. Flerx, and 
R. D. Methot. 
1989. The 1987-88 demersal fish surveys of central Cali- 
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