Whitespotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) tagging and biologging data in Harrington Sound, Bermuda in October of 2022

The following dataset includes information from whitespotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) collected in Harrington Sound and Flatts Inlet, Bermuda, for tagging experiments to examine retention and behavior of individual animals fitted with CATS-CAM biologging tags. Rays were spotted visually from a moving vessel and collected via a knotted seine net by encircling the animal and entangling it. Rays were brought aboard for measurements, photographs and tagging (Passive Integrated Transponder and CATS-CAM) and kept in a small plastic pool with ambient seawater. Once procedures were complete, rays were released on site, or brought to the Bermuda Aquarium for further examination.