Recommendations towards the establishment of best practice standards for handling and intracoelomic implantation of data-storage and telemetry tags in tropical tunas

Table 2 Direct observation of tagged tuna recaptured from 3 to 90 days after surgery

Tagging program	Species	Length (cm)	Tag type	Deployment duration (days)	Year	Comment
HTTP	YFT	70	Vemco V16	3 days	2003	Incision partially healed; sutures partially shed
HTTP	YFT	65	Vemco V16	3 days	2003	Incision healed closed; sutures half grown out
HTTP	YFT	82	Vemco V16 + MK9	6 days	2003	Incision healed closed; sutures almost shed
HTTP	YFT	58	Vemco V16	9 days	2001	Incision healed over, discolored
HTTP	BET	58	Vemco V16	9 days	2003	Incision healed over, discolored
PTTP	YFT	55	Lotek LAT2810	9 days	2016	Incision healed, suture loss
HTTP	YFT	64	Vemco V9 + MK9	11 days	2007	Healed closed, stitches still present
HTTP	YFT	91	Vemco V16	35 days	2001	Incision healed over, discolored
HTTP	YFT	76	Vemco V16	90 days	2002	Incision completely healed, smooth

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