Table 1. Summary data for the 34 reporting blue sharks tagged off the Azores with satellite tags.
Shark | Deployment | Size (cm FL) | Sex | Life Stage | Class | Tag | Programmed Release (Days) | Recorded Release (Days) | Track Duration (Days) | Track Length (Km) | Argos Locations (n) | GLS Locations (n) | Data gaps (Days) | Recapture |
1 | 17-10-2009 | 116 | F | Juvenile | SJ | Mini-PAT | 180 | 179 | 179 | 5316 | 0 | 54 | 74 | |
2 | 20-08-2010 | 122 | F | Juvenile | SJ | Mini-PAT | 270 | 102 | 102 | 3958 | 0 | 74 | 36 | |
3 | 20-08-2010 | 120 | F | Juvenile | SJ | Mini-PAT | 270 | 235 | 235 | 9346 | 0 | 208 | 17 | |
4 | 17-10-2009 | 116 | M | Juvenile | SJ | Mini-PAT | 180 | 180 | 180 | 5379 | 0 | 64 | 53 | |
5 | 20-08-2010 | 112 | M | Juvenile | SJ | Mini-PAT | 270 | 174 | 174 | 6295 | 0 | 124 | 36 | |
6 | 20-08-2010 | 127 | M | Juvenile | SJ | Mini-PAT | 270 | 193 | 193 | 6348 | 0 | 20 | 35 | |
7 | 20-08-2010 | 120 | M | Juvenile | SJ | Mini-PAT | 270 | 273 | 273 | 8761 | 0 | 193 | 37 | |
8 | 21-08-2010 | 112 | M | Juvenile | SJ | Mini-PAT | 270 | 270 | 270 | 11533 | 0 | 220 | 38 | |
9 | 19-02-2009 | 127 | F | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 877 | 14494 | 236 | 0 | 389 | |||
10 | 19-02-2009 | 139 | F | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 616 | 16907 | 779 | 0 | 21 | |||
11 | 26-02-2009 | 175 | F | Sub-adult | LJ | Double | 180 | 91 | 226 | 8275 | 293 | 10 | 20 | |
12 | 26-02-2009 | 142 | F | Juvenile | LJ | Double | 180 | 30 | 30 | 911 | 40 | 26 | 3 | () |
13 | 26-02-2009 | 145 | F | Juvenile | LJ | Double | 180 | 89 | 952 | 28139 | 699 | 22 | 82 | |
14 | 26-02-2009 | 148 | F | Sub-adult | LJ | SPOT | 90 | 2637 | 100 | 0 | 8 | () | ||
15 | 06-03-2009 | 165 | F | Sub-adult | LJ | MK10 PAT | 180 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
16 | 06-03-2009 | 156 | F | Sub-adult | LJ | MK10 PAT | 180 | 179 | 179 | 5307 | 0 | 41 | 31 | |
17 | 02-12-2009 | 178 | F | Sub-adult | LJ | SPOT | 579 | 15498 | 314 | 0 | 137 | |||
18 | 16-10-2009 | 168 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 36 | 1213 | 56 | 0 | 4 | |||
19 | 16-10-2009 | 133 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 206 | 5041 | 152 | 0 | 24 | |||
20 | 16-10-2009 | 156 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 82 | 2245 | 87 | 0 | 8 | |||
21 | 02-12-2009 | 130 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 42 | 973 | 41 | 0 | 6 | |||
22 | 20-08-2010 | 164 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 244 | 6892 | 196 | 0 | 22 | |||
23 | 20-08-2010 | 180 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 381 | 13066 | 387 | 0 | 16 | |||
24 | 20-08-2010 | 140 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 126 | 2364 | 189 | 0 | 6 | |||
25 | 20-08-2010 | 183 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 116 | 3846 | 160 | 0 | 9 | |||
26 | 20-08-2010 | 183 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 524 | 15066 | 612 | 0 | 32 | |||
27 | 20-08-2010 | 159 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 212 | 5994 | 332 | 0 | 10 | |||
28 | 20-08-2010 | 172 | M | Juvenile | LJ | SPOT | 369 | 12451 | 610 | 0 | 12 | |||
29 | 06-03-2009 | 202 | F | Adult | AD | MK10 PAT | 180 | 143 | 143 | 3577 | 0 | 2 | 89 | |
30 | 18-05-2012 | 201 | F | Adult | AD | SPOT | 33 | 1297 | 33 | 0 | 7 | |||
31 | 16-10-2009 | 201 | M | Adult | AD | SPOT | 161 | 5108 | 133 | 0 | 22 | |||
32 | 17-10-2009 | 200 | M | Adult | AD | MK10 PAT | 180 | 103 | 103 | 4338 | 0 | 100 | 13 | |
33 | 20-08-2010 | 207 | M | Adult | AD | SPOT | 228 | 6710 | 341 | 0 | 29 | |||
34 | 20-08-2010 | 211 | M | Adult | AD | SPOT | 526 | 14500 | 929 | 0 | 24 |
F – female; M – male; SJ – Small Juveniles; LJ – Large Juvenile, including sub-adults for females; AD – Adult; Double – Double tagged with SPOT and MK10 PAT tags; () not confirmed recapture.