Post by wnion on Jul 5, 2007 10:40:03 GMT -1
Written By: Tony Loveless
On Date: 4/7/2007
Chips4Fish, primarily in the business supplying the relevant equipment and training bailiffs and fisheries managers to tag fish, have also identified tackle loss, and particularly tackle theft, as a worrying problem for anglers. Although the police do not claim to be able to solve the problem, they feel that Chips4Fishing tackle have an important contribution to make in reducing the loss and getting equipment back to its rightful owner if it does go astray.
Much of an anglers’ equipment can be invisibly tagged using state-of-the-art microchips supplied by the company. The microchips are low-cost items and can be fitted either by the manufacturer of the equipment or as a DIY job by anyone with a reasonable amount of common sense and a little ability.
Manufacturers – afraid of having your product copied? Microchip it and tell your clients - if it’s not carrying your own unique ID chip numbers it’s a copy!
Chips4Fishing tackle is currently talking to a number of bespoke rod makers and to the major commercial rod makers and other tackle manufacturers about microchipping their products at point-of-build. A tackle supplier with a large online shop is also about to offer a DIY pack!
Adding the visible label (supplied) stating that the item is microchipped and can be identified really is a must and has two advantages:-
a) The label is a warning to a would-be thief and is likely to persuade the ’Tackle Jackal’ to look elsewhere.
b) The label tells the police that the item has a microchip and the rightful owner is traceable. Most Police authorities have scanners that will read the Chips4Fish microchip.
Of course, microchipping an item does not help if there is no database holding all the relevant information on the ‘chipped’ products. With each Chips4Fish product comes a National Database Registration Form and barcode labels which carry the chip’s own exclusive ID number. All a user has to do is to chip the item, attach the barcode to the completed registration form and return the form to Chips4Fish. The registration (for the lifetime of the product) will be entered on a database and the hard copy kept on file as a safeguard.
All UK police authorities are being advised of the database contact details so their first job on finding/recovering any tackle will be to scan it. If a chip is discovered, the next call will be to Chips4Fish, who will then contact the last registered owner and inform him or her where the tackle is being held.
Almost any major type of tackle can be microchipped, rods, reels, seat boxes, bivvies, etc. It is simply a matter of identifying an out-of-the-way place to fit the chip, and remembering that scanners can’t read through metal; most other materials - plastics, carbon fibre, wood, etc – pose no such problems.
For More Information:-
Website: www.chips4fish.com
Press Enquiries
Tony Loveless, Chips4Fish
Email: chips4fish@tlc1.co.uk
Tel: 01323 469106 Fax: 01323 460887
On Date: 4/7/2007
Chips4Fish, primarily in the business supplying the relevant equipment and training bailiffs and fisheries managers to tag fish, have also identified tackle loss, and particularly tackle theft, as a worrying problem for anglers. Although the police do not claim to be able to solve the problem, they feel that Chips4Fishing tackle have an important contribution to make in reducing the loss and getting equipment back to its rightful owner if it does go astray.
Much of an anglers’ equipment can be invisibly tagged using state-of-the-art microchips supplied by the company. The microchips are low-cost items and can be fitted either by the manufacturer of the equipment or as a DIY job by anyone with a reasonable amount of common sense and a little ability.
Manufacturers – afraid of having your product copied? Microchip it and tell your clients - if it’s not carrying your own unique ID chip numbers it’s a copy!
Chips4Fishing tackle is currently talking to a number of bespoke rod makers and to the major commercial rod makers and other tackle manufacturers about microchipping their products at point-of-build. A tackle supplier with a large online shop is also about to offer a DIY pack!
Adding the visible label (supplied) stating that the item is microchipped and can be identified really is a must and has two advantages:-
a) The label is a warning to a would-be thief and is likely to persuade the ’Tackle Jackal’ to look elsewhere.
b) The label tells the police that the item has a microchip and the rightful owner is traceable. Most Police authorities have scanners that will read the Chips4Fish microchip.
Of course, microchipping an item does not help if there is no database holding all the relevant information on the ‘chipped’ products. With each Chips4Fish product comes a National Database Registration Form and barcode labels which carry the chip’s own exclusive ID number. All a user has to do is to chip the item, attach the barcode to the completed registration form and return the form to Chips4Fish. The registration (for the lifetime of the product) will be entered on a database and the hard copy kept on file as a safeguard.
All UK police authorities are being advised of the database contact details so their first job on finding/recovering any tackle will be to scan it. If a chip is discovered, the next call will be to Chips4Fish, who will then contact the last registered owner and inform him or her where the tackle is being held.
Almost any major type of tackle can be microchipped, rods, reels, seat boxes, bivvies, etc. It is simply a matter of identifying an out-of-the-way place to fit the chip, and remembering that scanners can’t read through metal; most other materials - plastics, carbon fibre, wood, etc – pose no such problems.
For More Information:-
Website: www.chips4fish.com
Press Enquiries
Tony Loveless, Chips4Fish
Email: chips4fish@tlc1.co.uk
Tel: 01323 469106 Fax: 01323 460887