, a mobile system that employs sensors, cameras, and computer algorithms to inject microscopically coded tags into 60,000 fish a day—without removing them from the water. Each $1.3 million automated rig is part of a program to ID-tag the millions of hatchery-raised fish that the US releases into the Great Lakes every year. The tags will provide fishery managers with comprehensive data that’ll help them boost low populations, avoid overstocking, and even satisfy Native American treaty obligations. Here’s how it works.

Photos: Nathan Kirkman

Authors: Damon Tabor

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