Tag and Recapture Map

Current Year Tagging Progress

This map can be cited as follows: Merten, W., Appeldoorn, R., Latour, J., Glaser, C., Becker, E. & Hammond, D. (2022) A citizen science approach to enhance dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) data collection to improve species management. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 00, 1–14. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12555 Data map available via http://www.dolphintagging.com/map

The map above changes daily. The map represents near-real time dolphin tag releases, recaptures, satellite tag movements, and field observations reported by anglers participating in the Beyond Our Shores Foundation Dolphinfish Research Program during the current calendar year. Below on this page are additional maps that showcase tagging and movement data collected through the BOSF DRP. To request a dolphinfish tagging kit to participate click here.

2026 Tag and Recapture Event Summaries

Additional Species Tagging Map

The map above changes daily but represents near-real time additional species tag releases and field observations reported by anglers participating in the Dolphinfish Research Program.

Cumulative Tagging Map

Table – Dolphinfish tag deployments (total count) by tagging zone from 2002 to 2025. The percent total tag deployments and recaptures from each tagging zone are provided.

Rank	Tagging Zone	Tag Deployments (#)	Percent of Total	Recaptures from Tagging Zone
1	FL1 – Florida Straits (23-25 N)	15661	40.00%	454
2	FL2 – South Florida (25-27 N)	9062	23.15%	135
3	CARIBBEAN SEA	3308	8.45%	71
4	SAB2 – Charleston, SC (32-33 N)	2746	7.01%	73
5	BAHAMAS	1337	3.41%	38
6	EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC	1429	3.65%	54
7	FL3 – North Florida (27-30 N)	1226	3.13%	24
8	GULF OF AMERICA	773	1.97%	5
9	SAB1 – Savannah, GA (30-32 N)	590	1.51%	12
10	NC1 – Wilmington to Hatteras, NC	569	1.45%	13
11	MAB2 – Delaware to Massachusetts	584	1.49%	14
12	NC2 – Hatteras Bight to Virigina Border	388	0.99%	4
13	MAB1 – Virginia to Maryland	148	0.38%	7
14	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	98	0.25%	0
15	GULF OF OMAN	66	0.17%	3
16	CHINA	34	0.09%	0
17	RED SEA	2	0.01%	0
18	MEDITERRANEAN SEA	2	0.01%	0
19	Not_Labeled_by_Zone	1130	2.89%	2
	Totals	39153		909