"Floy" Tag attached to Sturgeon

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Biologist Scott Koproski explains the function of a "Floy" tag before Lake Superior State University fisheries student Meghan Kline attaches it to a sturgeon's dorsal fin. Fishermen who legally catch the fish return this tag, alongs with its serial-numbered information, to LSSU's Aquatic Lab or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For more than five years, Lake Superior State University has been collecting data from lake sturgeon, an endangered fish species that inhabit the St. Marys River. Since 2000 they have captured and tagged over 90 lake sturgeon.

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