Table 1.

Metrics, distance, time and speed of PSAT tagged eels. Data from eels that were predated are not shown. If the surfacing position of tags needed to be back-calculated from surface drift, it is shown in bold against the ‘pop-up reason’.

Tag ID	Release date	Pop-up date	Pop-up reason	Length (mm)	Mass (g)	Ocular Index	No. days at liberty	Bearing (degrees)	Distance tracked (km)	Mean speed (km day-1)
56437	06/11/19	06/06/20	Programmed	896	1535	7.7	213	241	1198	5.6
56441	06/11/19	06/06/20	Programmed	896	1430	9.1	213	226	1160	5.4
56446	06/11/19	06/06/20	Programmed	956	1670	7.7	213	249	1638	7.7
56448	06/11/19	06/06/20	Programmed	919	1500	11.0	213	234	810	3.8
56449	06/11/19	13/05/20	Premature	988	1595	6.1	189	223	1572	8.3
56451	06/11/19	11/05/20	Premature	904	1405	7.6	187	231	1886	10.1
56452	06/11/19	06/04/20	Too deep	866	1510	8.0	152	208	1046	6.9
56453	06/11/19	06/06/20	Programmed	894	1635	8.3	213	232	1863	8.7
56457	06/11/19	16/02/20	Too deep	904	1605	7.2	102	227	709	7.0
56464	09/12/18	11/04/19	Too deep	990	1850	10.4	123	253	1010	8.2
56474	09/12/18	26/07/19	Premature	865	1385	10.3	229	260	1410	6.2
56475	06/11/19	19/01/20	Premature	927	1600	8.5	74	240	583	7.9
56477	06/11/19	08/12/19	Premature	1019	2160	7.7	32	233	380	11.9
56481	27/11/19	27/07/20	Programmed	820	1440	10.4	243	246	1252	5.2
56482	06/11/19	06/07/20	Programmed	902	2045	7.2	243	216	1230	5.1
56488	06/11/19	06/07/20	Programmed	887	1535	7.3	243	236	2148	8.8
56492	06/11/19	17/12/19	Premature	889	1505	7.1	41	273	272	6.6
196733	27/11/19	12/06/20	Premature	855	1485	12.5	198	242	711	3.6
196736	27/11/19	22/02/20	Too deep	907	1410	12.0	87	221	568	6.5
196737	27/11/19	27/11/20	Programmed	865	1345	10.9	366	249	2275	6.2
196738	27/11/19	27/11/20	Programmed	1000	1930	9.3	366	225	1048	2.9
			Mean	911.9	1599	8.9	188	236	1179	6.8
			S.D	51.8	221	1.8	89	15	564	2.2
			Max	1019	2160	12.5	366		2275	11.9