| 摘要 |
A system, apparatus, and method for underwater tagging of marine fauna involves emplacement of a tagging unit that can be used for example in a fishing trawl and establishment of communications with the unit through a cable wire that may be conventional. Numerous types of data can be recorded in relation to the tagging, including the ID o f the tagged animal, and two- and/or three-dimensional images of the animal, to be used at a later date when the tagged animal is recovere d. The method decreases tagging mortality and the biological effects of tagging on the animals, since they are not exposed to temperature and pressure changes, human handling and, at times, anesthesia. The embodiment makes it possible to tag deep-sea species that have never bee n tagged due to the fact that they would not survive the ambient changes of coming to the water's surface. |
