Title: Satellite tagging of Pacific Halibut in Alaska
When: 14 July 2004
Who: Andy Seitz (Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks)

Andy is a 2nd year Phd student at UAF. Andy is continuing some work that he started with the US Geological Survey. He has done tagging work with several species of fish including Tuna.
In this talk, Andy discussed the Pacific Halibut satellite tagging program conducted by the US Geological Survey-Alaska Science Center, International Pacific Halibut Commission, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Andy described how satellite tags work and the information that is gained from them. Andy tagged four fish at Attu, four fish at Adak, and sixteen fish in the Gulf of Alaska. These satellite tags measure depth, temperature and light every 2 minutes as well as the end location and records the information on a micro-hard drive.