SeaTag LOT
The SeaTag-LOT is a simple, low-cost pop-up satellite archival tag (PSAT) designed for large-scale fisheries studies, including mortality detection and coarse-scale migration tracking in species such as tuna and billfish. It uses light and sea surface temperature (SST) data to estimate movement tracks (via CLS Track&Loc, optional) and detects mortality using a temperature-gradient method, making it an efficient tool for high-volume tagging programs.
Key Specifications:
- Length: 178 mm
- Tube diameter: 14.6 mm
- Max float diameter: 30 mm
- Weight: 41.7 g (in air)
- Depth rating: 1,200 m
- Sensors: Light and SST (no depth sensor)
- Tracking: Light-based geolocation (CLS Track&Loc available as add-on)
- Mortality detection: Temperature-gradient method
- Power: Solar powered (no battery)
- Energy storage: Operates up to ~3 days in complete darkness after ~30 minutes of full sunlight exposure