This is applicable to any encounter history I am sure, but I focus on POPAN and CJS... So how does MARK 'know' when individuals out grow a sample gear type? For example, our netting surveys are consistent in season, duration, location etc. and the age of individuals susceptible to the mesh sizes is about 10-12 years old. Once an individual's encounter history get to >12 years, how do we tell MARK that individual is no longer available?
This same issue is relevant for our longer term data sets that are pushing 23 years, where certain tag series are no longer captured (as the individuals have died or been harvested). Any advice on how to deal with this would be greatly appreciated.