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Fish Implant Surgery • Abaco Island, Bahamas
To learn more about how the surgery is done to implant the tags, watch this video of UGA doctorate student Jake Allgeier surgically implanting a telemetry tag in a fish. Video production courtesy of Loggerhead Productions.
Fish are held upside down to calm them
A small lengthwise incision is made just to the ventral side of the dorsal region of the fish
The transmitter is inserted into the incised area, with much care taken to keep the transmitter aligned parallel to the body of the fish and pushing it toward the pectoral fins
Using a C-curved needle with attached suture, one stitch is made across the incision
The suture passed through the incision and simple surgeons knot is tied to close the incision
Incision is closed
Fish are returned to the water after a brief recovery swimming in the cooler