- Scientists recording data and tagging juvenile tarpon.
The latest sampling of the ongoing Lemon Bay Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Restoration Project occurred on October 12, 2012. A total of 26 juvenile tarpon were caught and 13 were large enough to be electronically tagged. A system of radio antennae will determine their movements throughout the creek system and provide scientists with the background data to determine restoration effectiveness. Monthly sampling is scheduled and set to occur again in November. Thank you to True Flies, The Orvis Company, Mick and Kathy Aslin, The Lemon Bay Conservancy, The Vanderbilt Family Foundation and Sanibel Fly Fishers for their generous support of this project.
