Table 1 Summary of TADpole field trial events with dolphins
Start date | Field days | Field site | Vessel | Species (no. of attempts) | Contact, no trigger | Trigger | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 Apr 09 | 1 | Sarasota Bay | Nai’a | Tursiops truncatus (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 May 16 | 2 | Sarasota—offshore, Sarasota Bay, Tampa Bay | Nai’a | Tursiops truncatus (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Jun 02 | 1 | Egmont Key—offshore | Nai’a | Tursiops truncatus (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Jun 10 | 1 | Stump Pass—offshore | Nai’a | Tursiops truncatus (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Nov 10 | 8 | Hawaiʻi | Cascadia | Tursiops truncatus (2), Stenella attenuata (12), Peponocephala electra (2) | 12 | 4 | 0 |
2019 Jun 27 | 3 | Sarasota—offshore | R/V WR Mote | Stenella frontalis (5) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
2021 May 24 | 3 | Sarasota—offshore | R/V Eugenie Clark | Tursiops truncatus (1), Stenella frontalis (1), Steno bredanensis (5) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
2022 Oct 17 | 1 | Sarasota—offshore | R/V Eugenie Clark | Steno bredanensis (4) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
2023 May 15 | 1 | Sarasota—offshore | R/V Eugenie Clark | Tursiops truncatus (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2023 Aug 15 | 1 | Sarasota—offshore | R/V Eugenie Clark | Tursiops truncatus (1), Stenella frontalis (9) | 4 | 6 | 1 |
EVENT TOTAL | 22 | Â | Â | 48 | 31 | 18 | 1 |