2024 Top Fish Taggers for the Cooperative Tagging Center
NOAA Fisheries greatly appreciates the many tagging teams and anglers who tag and release fish to support our science. Here, we highlight the top taggers from 2024.
Learn more about the Top Fish Taggers for the Cooperative Tagging Center.
When a tie exists, the angler listed first is the person who submitted their tag data first.
Billfish Category
Blue Marlin
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Travis Butters | 15 | Chad Damron | 12 |
Sherwood Gill | 7 | Daniel Carter | 7 |
Adam Resmondo / Brent Mead | 4 | Steve Summers | 5 |
White Marlin
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Ricky Wheeler | 9 | Rick Peper | 8 |
Brian Bette | 8 | Steve Summers | 6 |
Tyler Dufresne | 4 |
Sailfish
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Paul Ross | 48 | Jerry Slipakoff | 24 |
Tom Hinterschied | 39 | Rob Fagione | 6 |
Nelson Delatorre | 38 | Kevin Luis | 6 |
Swordfish
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Blake Devine | 8 | Stone Lyons | 5 |
Oscar Torres | 5 | Ryan Nelson | 2 |
Nick Metakes | 3 |
Roundscale Spearfish
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Brent Mead | 2 | Joby Lehan | 1 |
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| Jesse Lehan | 1 |
Tuna Category
Bluefin
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Peter Bacon | 254 | Brian Bacon | 19 |
Brian Bacon | 46 | Chris Jobes | 9 |
David Jobes | 9 | Brian Moskey | 6 |
Yellowfin
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Blake Devine | 33 | Massey Atkeson | 2 |
Peter Bacon | 9 | ||
William Lewis | 3 |
Small Tunas
This category includes blackfin, little tunny, and Atlantic bonito.
Blackfin Tuna
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Malcolm Wiseheart | 5 | Scott Cohen | 2 |
Blake Devine | 1 | Vincent Turturro | 2 |
Paul Ross | 1 |
Little Tunny
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
John Mauser | 160 | Malcolm Wiseheart | 8 |
Perry McDougald | 98 | Thor Orbesen | 7 |
Diogo Godoi | 83 | Scott Cohen | 5 |
Coastal Pelagics
Cobia
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish |
Tyler Nonn | 48 |
Blane Chocklett | 6 |
Curtis Hall / Travis Kemp / Will Poston | 5 |
Atlantic Bonito
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Diogo Godoi | 31 | Curtis Hall | 5 |
Carl LoBue | 19 | Richard Bloom | 2 |
Will Poston | 16 |
Amberjack
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Alex Adler | 24 | Alex Adler / Sott Brown / Hunter Pierce / Sam Chastain | 2 |
Johnny Jigs | 1 |
Spanish Mackerel
Captain | Number of Tagged Fish |
John Mauser | 2 |
Perry McDougald | 1 |
Scientific Tuna Tagging Efforts
Species | Angler | Number of Tagged Fish |
Bluefin | Jeff Kneebone | 47 |