If the coral is not from a logbook record, you can enter the harvest details by hand when tagging on the Australian Wildlife Traceability System (AWTS) mobile app. This guide walks the full flow from start to Register coral.

On the Home screen, tap the Tag Coral tile. From the Select harvest record screen, tap Enter harvest. (If you have no harvest records, the manual harvest entry flow begins automatically.)

The Select harvest location screen opens with the instruction 'Select the relevant harvest region'. Tap the radio button for your region (for example, 'Cairns QLD'). The Add dates button then becomes active.

To set the trip dates:

The screen shows your dates (for example, 'From: 17 Aug 2025' and 'To: 19 Aug 2025') and the Next: Select species button becomes active. Tap it to continue.

Browse the list and tap a species (for example, 'Acropora spp'). You then continue to select a variety.

Browse the list and tap a variety (for example, 'Ultra - Medium'). You then continue to the tag attachment method and notes.

Choose how the tag is attached in the Tag attachment method section:

To add a note, scroll to the Notes section, tap Add notes, and type your note (for example, 'Specimen collected from shallow reef flat, good colour'). Tap Next: Scan coral to continue.

On the scanning screen, scan one or more specimens with RFID, Camera / QR or Manual Entry; each tag appears in the Scanned items list. To remove a tag you scanned by mistake, tap Edit on the Scanned items header (a trash icon appears on each row), then tap Save.

After scanning, you can add a weight and photo to each scanned specimen from the scanning screen. A green camera icon shows which specimens already have a photo.

When you have scanned every specimen, tap Register coral. The app saves every specimen and shows the Batch registered! screen, confirming how many you added. From there you can pick another species to keep tagging, or tap Home to finish.

Each tagged wild specimen is saved with a unique identifier (UID) matching the tag ID, the Fisher (your participant organisation), the harvest Location, the Species, the Variety (if you selected one), and a generation value the system sets automatically (for example, 'Wild' or 'W'). You can view the specimen on the web app in the Product List.

If an action cannot be completed, the AWTS mobile app shows a short message. Here is what the messages you are most likely to see when tagging mean, and what to do.