Summary information from satellite tag deployments on <i>Rhincodon typus</i> in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea.

Platform terminal transmitter (PTT) number for each tag is shown along with the model of each tag. All tags were manufactured by Wildlife Computers, Inc. (WA, USA). Tag Date = date of tag deployment; Tag Lat/Long = GPS coordinates of tag deployment; Est. Length = the total length (m) of the individual tagged estimated by snorkelers in-situ; Sex = male (M) or female (F) where determination was possible by visual observation of presence or absence of claspers between the pelvic fins, no entry indicates that sex could not be confidently determined; Pop-off Date = date of tag detachment from shark; Pop Lat/Long = GPS coordinates of tag detachment location; Deploy Duration = number of days between tag deployment and detachment; Max Depth = the deepest depth (m) reported by the tag during the deployment; Track Distance = shortest straight-line distance from tag deployment to detachment location (or from tag deployment to final location for SPOT5 tags) without crossing land; Fig. 3 = the corresponding panel of Figure 3 in which a given shark’s track is plotted; Geolocation Methods = methods used to reconstruct most likely track for each tagged animal: A = Argos location, B = bathymetric correction, F = Fastloc GPS, R = shark resighted, T = Trackit model.