Fish tagging with Data Storage Tags known as archival tags or DST - Star-Oddi

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Fish and Marine Animal Tagging, Archival Tags 

Star-Oddi is a leader in developing equipment for research in oceans and freshwater, and its resources. We specialize in designing and manufacturing Data Storage Tags, also known as Archival Tags, and a range of equipment and small underwater data loggers for recording environmental parameters. What makes these archival tags outstanding is their accurate depth and temperature sensors, large memory size and long battery life along with some advanced programming features.  The housing is made of bio-compatible material, which does not endanger the health of the tagged animal. The non-transparent housing ensures that sunlight does not affect measuring providing more reliable data. 

Our DST Archival tags are used by marine biologists and scientists world-wide.

Products:
The Data Storage Tag (DST) is a miniature data logger that is attached to fish and other marine animals. Known for its small size, excellent quality, design and attractive prices.

  • DST CTD Archival Tag : Is probably the smallest salinity, temperature and depth logger on the market, its innovative design has given scientists an opportunity to map the migration routes of fish or marine animals.

We offer few different types of temperature and depth loggers that have different memory size, battery life and uses.

  • DST centi and centi-ex temperature and depth logger with large memory and long battery life.
  • DST milli, small temperature and depth logger
  • DST micro ultra small temperature and depth logger
  • DST Pitch and Roll archival tag:
    Is ideal to measure the tilt angle of the tagged animal, it measures the tilt angle (x,y) in parallel with temperature and depth.
  • DST GPS fish positioning system:
    Consists of DST GPS tag that is attached to the fish, or the marine animal and a small portable Fish Positioning Sounder (FPS) that transmits the GPS code underwater. If the tagged fish is within transmitting range it stores the GPS code that is sent from the FPS in its memory alongwith temperature and depth. The fish has to be recaptured to retrieve the data stored in the logger. For larger geographic areas the Simrad SP 60, SP 70 or SP 90 sonars can be used to send the GPS code underwater. It enables researches to monitor the geographical distribution of fish and will increase knowledge on fish migratory routes, and provide major contribution to sustainable management of fish resources.  
  • Underwater Tagging Equipment (UTE): 
    Was developed in co-operation with the Marine Institute of Iceland. The purpose of the UTE is to tag fish underwater (inside the ship's fishing trawl), the advantage of using the UTE is its ability to tag deepwater species in their environment, which until now has been impractical or impossible.

Brown trout with DST GPS tag Fish underwater with DST fish tag 

Tagging Instructions 
Instructions on how to tag fish, measuring structure, fish treatment, treatment of tags after recapture, identification label on the tag, applied experiments using DSTs and examples of tagging equipment.

Click here and view a video (mpeg) from the tagging in Lake Thingvallavatn, Iceland in December 2003 (20 Mb).
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Examples of Tagged Animals
Our products have been used in various situations and number of different marine animals have been tagged using Data Storage Tags. The DSTs have been used for tagging small fish from 15 - 40cm long to tagging large whales and everything in-between. Following is a short list of examples where our products have been used. The list is just an example but not a complete list and we are confident that our products can be used in your field as well.

  • Solutions
    When developing our products we put high emphasises on developing equipment which can be used to protect, restore and manage the coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem-based management. 

  • Expertise
    Our employees have years of experience in developing and working with our equipment, customers are welcome to use our expertise either on-site or by remote assistance. Our products can be customized to better serve your goals and needs. Do not hesitate to ask for assistance and we will do our best to help you. 


     

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