[Dtwg] Captive PIT tagged terrapin

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>> On Oct 30, 2019, at 1:33 PM, Marguerite Whilden <tidewater1 at mac.com> wrote:
> One way or another I hope your recent efforts to track down the origins of a tagged terrapin become standard procedure, particularly since many tagging efforts are unpublished, discontinued, and/or not widely known.  Although PIT tags may be the most popular there are several other tagging methods that could be recognized by other taggers, collectors, fishers, etc. Unless the marking method needs to be concealed a two tiered method might be preferred.  In my experience, the recovery of our tagged animals in 2006 provided vital evidence that was pivotal to our conservation efforts.  Specifically, the return of several tagged terrapins from a live market in Albany, NY documented the extent and composition of Maryland’s commercial harvest and sparked an extraordinary series of events. We’re forever grateful for the concerted efforts of several individuals who noticed the market terrapins were marked, found us, and returned our terrapins.  It was particularly serendipitous since we do not use PIT tags.   
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>> On Oct 16, 2019, at 8:25 PM, Barbara Brennessel <bbrennes at wheatonma.edu> wrote:
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>> This is an interesting idea.  I leave it to the leadership of the DTWG to decide on a policy and devise a method to share this information.  Perhaps the tagging efforts could be shared at regional meetings and then collected at the next national meeting...
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>>>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 6:25 PM Marguerite Whilden <tidewater1 at mac.com> wrote:
>>> Regarding the tagged terrapin discovered at a reptile show, it would be helpful to have a readily available chart describing all terrapin tagging efforts.  If not already established there should be a code of ethics adopted by any/all researchers permitted by States to tag wild terrapins that would require an effort to notify the source of the original tag. (The Maryland Scientific Collection Permit once required such notification.) I learned recently that terrapins with Terrapin Institute tags and other obvious telltale marks on the shell were discovered in the Chesapeake.  Unfortunately there was no effort to identify the original tagger and report such findings because the researcher was unaware of any other tagging programs.  The Terrapin Institute has posted several photos depicting examples of our various tagging techniques beginning with our 1998 tags.  
>>> Might there be any interest among this membership to compile a chart of tagging efforts and develop a code of ethics?  
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>>> > On Oct 16, 2019, at 12:15 PM, Barbara Brennessel <bbrennes at wheatonma.edu> wrote:
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>>> > Thank you for all your responses. We identified the area from which the captive PIT tagged terrapin originated.  Law enforcement is now in the picture. 
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>>> >  It's quite a coincidence that this was reported just after the DTWG workshop in Wilmington at which there were a couple of talks that mentioned poaching.
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