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. 2014 Apr 12;4(10):1768–1786. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1053

Table 1.

Summary information for tiger sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier, tagged with Pop-up Satellite Archival Tags in the US Virgin Islands and Bermuda

Shark number Sex Fork length (cm) Maturity Tag type Date tagged Days at liberty Net displacement (km) % data received
USVI
 1 F 290 Likely mature HR tag 21 March 2008 28 1147 66
 2 F 266 Likely mature Standard tag 22 March 2008 33 396 58
 3 F 233 Immature Standard tag 23 March 2008 158 347 1001
 4 M 287 Likely mature HR Tag 3 June 2008 26 100 72
 5 M 224 Immature HR Tag 4 June 2008 9 103 83
 6 M 207 Immature HR Tag 4 June 2008 2
 7 M 290 Likely mature HR Tag 5 June 2008 26 24 34
 8 F 210 Immature HR Tag 6 June 2008 16 83 19
 9 F 244 Immature HR Tag 6 June 2008 2
Bermuda
 10 M 277 Likely mature Standard tag 2 August 2009 2
 11 M 259 Likely mature Standard tag 3 August 2009 3
 12 M 262 Likely mature Standard tag 3 August 2009 183 1354 24
 13 M 305 Likely mature Standard tag 5 August 2009 184 1164 92
 14 M 277 Likely mature Standard tag 3 October 2009 47 1181 88
1

Tag recovered.

2

Tag did not report.

3

Tag possibly eaten shortly after deployment.

4

Tag not analyzed because of insufficient data return.