Table 1 Summary of deployed tags.

From: Insights into spinetail devil ray spatial ecology in the Mediterranean Sea through satellite telemetry

 

PTT* ID

Tagging date

Tagging location

Detachm. date

Detachment location

Duration (days)

Distance covered (km)

Notes

1

153,622

31/03/16

31.76 N, 34.33 E, 24 km NE of the border between Gaza and Israel

25/02/17

32.87 N, 34.8 E, 15 km ENE from Haifa, Israel

330

14,802

Applied to a male individual restrained through purse seine

2

87,634

06/06/19

Cannitello, Strait of Messina, Italy

11/11/19

Central Tyrrhenian

158

3117

Pole-tagged 200 m from shore while moving south

3

87,640

07/06/19

In front of Scilla, Strait of Messina, Italy

08/08/19

Southern Adriatic

62

1430

Pole-tagged 150 m from the coast

4

87,766

08/06/19

Favazzina, Strait of Messina

21/09/19

Northeast Ionian

105

2221

Pole-tagged

5

112,696

08/06/19

Favazzina, Strait of Messina, Italy

05/03/20

Lebanon, Levantine Sea

271

8676

Pole-tagged. Tag recovered in Syria

6

112,706

16/06/19

Cannitello, Strait of Messina, Italy

14/07/19

Central Adriatic

28

1009

Pole-tagged 150 m from shore while moving south

7

112,719

16/06/19

Cannitello, Strait of Messina, Italy

20/11/19

Central Tyrrhenian

157

5862

Pole-tagged 150 m from shore while moving south. Tag recovered near Pisa, Italy

8

202,536

03/06/21

Bagnara Calabra, Strait of Messina, Italy

29/10/21

Central Adriatic

148

3449

Pole-tagged in a group of > 10

9

202,537

16/06/21

Ganzirri, Strait of Messina, Italy

11/08/21

Southern Adriatic

56

1758

Pole-tagged

  1. *PTT Platform Transmitter Terminal.