Specifications

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If the mandatory length setting
is enabled in the active profile, this field will
require input before the current detail record can be saved. The field name
will contain a blue check mark to identify that it is required. The user can
enter a null value (a series of four dash characters) using the dash command
to satisfy the mandatory length requirement for the current record.
Weight
nnnnn.n Optional
This field holds the weight of a fish (in grams) and uses a real-number format
precise to one decimal place. Data can be entered from the keyboard or from
a properly-configured
electronic balance.
If the mandatory weight setting
is enabled in the active profile, this field will
require input before the current detail record can be saved. The field name
will contain a blue check mark to identify that it is required. The user can
enter a null (a series of four dash characters) using the dash command
to
satisfy the mandatory weight requirement for the current record.
VRT
nn Optional
If a group of fish within a tag session is released at a single time
independently of other groups within the same tag session, then the release
date and time must be recorded for that group of fish. This is done by
assigning each detail record a Variable Release Time (VRT) code as the fish is
processed, and then defining a date/time value for that code when the fish in
that group are released. Every Variable Release Time code used during a tag
session must have a corresponding date/time definition
. These values will
supersede the Release Date
value assigned in the Tag Session Header.
Variable Release Time codes are two digit, zero-padded, numeric codes with
values of 00-99, inclusive. Codes can be entered from a keyboard or digitizer
command, or the user can increment/decrement the current value.
Additional
Positional
Text Optional
Up to 45 non-blank columns, or field positions, of Additional Positional
Comments, required by individual research projects, may appear in this field,
but will not be recognized by PTAGIS. Data can be entered into this field from
either the keyboard or a digitizer command
.
Conditional
Comment
[Valid Conditional
Comment Codes]
Optional
There are 50 characters available to record Conditional Comments, or 'Flag
Codes', about events such as recapture, mortality, or
morphological/physiological condition (e.g., bleeding, descaled, dropped,
etc.). Conditional comments can be entered from the keyboard or selected
from the drop-down list, or entered from a digitizer command. This field
performs real-time validation and will not allow invalid or duplicate codes to
be entered.
Text Comment
Text Optional