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Table 1 Catch and tag information for released Atlantic bluefin tuna

From: Performance of a low-cost, solar-powered pop-up satellite archival tag for assessing post-release mortality of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) caught in the US east coast light-tackle recreational fishery

Fish

Date deployed

Location

Curved FL (cm)

Hooking locationa

Hook typeb

Fight time (min)

Condition (0–8 scale)

Full days deployed on fishc

Minimum straight-line displacement (km)

Mean displacement per day (km)

1

3/9/2015

NC

195

JC

S

37

6

30

61

1.97

2

3/19/2015

NC

173

JC

T/S

37

5

30

173

5.58

3

3/22/2015

NC

157

RF

S

23

7

DNRd

4*

8/10/2015

MA

145

VM

T

16

5

7

96

12

5

9/18/2015

MA

114

JC

S

8

6

30

61

1.97

6

9/18/2015

MA

152

DP

S

21

7

DNR

7*

9/25/2015

MA

157

JC

S

17

8

25

226

8.69

8*

9/28/2015

MA

165

JC

S

21

8

25

275

10.58

9e

9/28/2015

MA

183

JC

S

72

7

27

259

9.25

10f

3/1/2016

NC

193

UJ

T

78

5

95

377

3.89

11*

3/9/2016

NC

201

LJ

S

28

6

23

35

1.46

12g

8/5/2016

MA

117

JC

S

9

7

17

143

6.81

13

8/5/2016

MA

135

JC

S

18

7

DNR

14

8/7/2016

MA

137

JC/TH

T

7

7

DNR

15

8/7/2016

MA

130

UJ

S

4

7

DNR

16

8/7/2016

MA

122

JC

S

8

8

DNR

17

8/7/2016

MA

132

JC

T

8

6

30

144

4.65

18*

8/7/2016

MA

137

JC

S

8

6

9

130

13

19h

8/7/2016

MA

140

JC/VM

T

9

3

46

DNR

20*

8/8/2016

MA

147

JC

S

20

8

21

304

13.82

21

8/27/2016

MA

132

JC/DP

T

7

4

DNR

22i

8/31/2016

MA

127

JC

T

4

7

29

283

9.13

  1. Catch and tag information for 22 Atlantic bluefin tuna caught with light-tackle recreational fishing gear off Massachusetts (MA) and North Carolina (NC) and tagged with pop-up satellite archival tags. Asterisks denote tags that were shed prior to the scheduled pop-off date
  2. aHooking locations are deep (DP), jaw corner (JC), lower jaw (LJ), roof of mouth (RF), top of head (TH), upper jaw (UJ), and ventral musculature (VM)
  3. bFish were caught with either single (S) or treble (T) hooks
  4. cWhile the number of daily summaries acquired generally corresponded to the tag deployment duration, there were five instances in there were fewer daily summaries than deployment days: Fish 2 (25 summaries, 30 day deployment); Fish 10 (88 summaries, 95 day deployment); Fish 18 (8 summaries, 9 day deployment), Fish 20 (19 summaries, 21 day deployment), and Fish 22 (27 summaries, 29 day deployment)
  5. d“DNR” refers to tags that did not report
  6. eThe tag had been light-activated 3 days prior to deployment and thus was only deployed for 27 days
  7. fThe tag did not pop off as scheduled, but was eventually shed after 95 days, when data for the duration of the deployment were transmitted
  8. gThe tag/fish was predated upon 17 days after deployment and began transmitting 3 days later
  9. hThe tag did not transmit data but was physically recovered on a beach in Nags Head, North Carolina, and data were retrieved
  10. iThe tag had been light-activated the day before deployment and thus was only deployed for 29 days