Waterproof Tags Reduce Lobster Grading Errors

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 24, 2008 – Lobster dealers credit bright colored waterproof tags for reducing errors in lobster grading, storage and shipping. These durable plastic tags were developed by Sentinel Printing for the IPL FlapNest™ 3220-15 Plastic Lobster Crate and both the tags and the crates have become the industry standard during purchasing, handling, grading, shipping and storage of valuable live lobster. The tags fit the protected tag opening on either end of the crates and easily slide under the finger slots on the covers. End tags are visible in stacks of crates on trucks or pallets. The cover tags show clearly in crates floating in tanks or next to the wharf.

waterprooftags.com now offers these tags in bright colors with standardized names and colors for CHIX 1-1/4 and 1-1/2 grades preprinted, and in 7 different contrasting solid colors. The tags are also available custom printed with company name and contact information, Counrty of Origin Labeling information, FDA or CFIA Reg. No. and Live Lobster retailer information preprinted. Open areas for adding dates, lot numbers, etc. with waterproof markers can be included. Color Coded Weigh Scales such as the Know Tech Visual Lobster Sorter make it easy to match scale colors with tag colors and increase grading efficiency. Boat Number sets of individual numbers for individual boats allow for faster buying at the lobster car, and more accurate quality tracking between the buyer and the fisherman.

TuckNTug Tie Tags are a smaller version of waterproof tags that self-tie around the wire mesh of lobster cages and lobster traps. The tags stay attached in tanks and can be dated and lot numbered with waterproof markers. Tags are in 7 bright contrasting colors and available in bundles of 125 tags.