The sport fishing community has an important role in the recovery of coded-wire tags found in Coho and
Chinook.

Coded-wire tags allow Canada to fulfill obligations for International Pacific Salmon Treaty initiatives
and provide valuable information, including:

abundance, distribution and survival;
trends for planning next year’s fishing season;
run timing in salt and freshwater areas.

Anglers can recognize the presence of a coded-wire tag because of the missing adipose fin (located on
the dorsal surface of the salmon). If you have caught an adipose fin clipped Coho and Chinook, it is a
simple matter of removing the head from the fish, completing a sport head label (available at a Sport
Head Recovery Depot) and then submitting the head to a depot in the area . By participating in the
Salmon Head Recovery Program, you will be contributing necessary information to allow for continued
sport fishing opportunities.


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