08 Apr Wildlife Computers Now Offers Micron

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Over the years, we’ve seen some major biofouling on tags. Fouling organisms can be hugely detrimental to tagging studies, even causing tags to go offline prematurely. Tags must be protected against marine growth, especially in tropical waters.

Wildlife Computers endorses two antifouling coatings, Micron and Propspeed. Micron antifouling paint contains a biocide that repels fouling. Micron has been successfully used for decades to limit biofouling on sea turtle satellite tracking tags. Micron can also be used on all Wildlife Computers tags, including PAT (Pop-up Archival Transmitting) tags. (MiniPAT, microPAT, mrPAT, Benthic sPAT, or sPAT). Micron paint adds weight to the tag, so a float test should be performed in seawater once your tag is tethered and ready to go.

Wildlife Computers offered a painting service with Propspeed for years, but now we are branching out to offer Micron too. Wildlife Computers offers an optional service to sand, mask, and paint tags with Micron CSC. This comprehensive antifouling service is offered at a charge of $100 per tag prior to shipping. When you are ordering your tags, ask your Technical Sales Consultant to add the service to your order.

Wildlife Computers leaves the decision to apply an antifoul coating entirely to the researcher’s discretion, however, it is strongly recommended that tags be treated with some antifouling coating to ensure the best possible chance of a successful deployment as Wildlife Computers does not warrant against biofouling.