Ginglymostoma cirratum, were tagged and released with combinations of stainless steel barbed tags, plastic barbed tags, and modified Carlin disc tags. Twenty percent of the tagged sharks were recovered; 35% of the animals tagged with only stainless steel barbed tags were recovered; 21% of those tagged with both plastic barbed tags and Carlin disc tags were recovered. Disc tags remained in place more frequently than plastic barbed tags, but showed significant damage to tagged animals over time when applied to juvenile animals. -from Sport Fishery Abstracts
