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Fishery Bulletin 108(4) 
Appendix 1 
Summary information for 61 blue marlin ( Makaira nigricans) caught on different types of terminal tackle in the western Atlantic 
recreational fishery, tagged with pop-up satellite archival tags, and released. Fish were caught off Venezuela (VZ), the Domini- 
can Republic (DR), Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), the U.S. Virgin Islands (VI), and Brazil (BR) on natural baits or combina- 
tion baits consisting of an artificial lure (chugger [Chug], Ilander [I], or Sea Witch [Swi]), and natural bait rigged with J hooks 
( J) or circle hooks (C). Hook locations were recorded as internal (I) or external (E). Fight time included the tagging process and, 
where applicable, resuscitation (R duratlo n m minutes), anc j trauma (bleeding) at the time of release was noted as present (Y) or absent 
(N). Also included are the percentage of archived data recovered, mean straight line displacement (MSLD) over the 10-day tag- 
ging period, and fate of the blue marlin (coded as live [L], dead [D], or premature release [-]). 
Fish 
Date 
Loca- 
tion 
Gear 
(lb) 
Established 
weight 
Hook 
type 
Hook 
location 
Fight 
time 
Trauma 
Data 
(%) 
MSLD 
(km) 
Fate 
1 
9/7/07 
VZ 
30 
200 
Chug/J 
I 
55 
N 
82 
172 
L 
2 
3/17/08 
VZ 
50 
175 
I/J 
E 
28 R 3 
N 
81 
139 
L 
3 
3/28/08 
DR 
50 
125 
I/J 
E 
15 R 2 
N 
68 
49 
L 
4 
3/29/08 
DR 
50 
100 
C 
E 
30 
N 
85 
86 
L 
5 
5/15/08 
VZ 
30 
165 
C 
E 
18 
N 
84 
30 
L 
6 
5/15/08 
VZ 
30 
100 
Chug/C 
E 
5 
N 
85 
10 
L 
7 
5/16/08 
VZ 
50 
160 
I/J 
E 
5 
Y 
73 
123 
L 
8 
5/17/08 
VZ 
30 
75 
C 
E 
15 
N 
85 
87 
L 
9 
6/15/08 
VA 
50 
400 
I/J 
E 
56 
N 
85 
546 
L 
10 
6/22/08 
NC 
80 
350 
I/J 
E 
35 
N 
88 
943 
L 
11 
8/8/08 
VI 
50 
450 
I/J 
E 
18 
N 
90 
502 
L 
12 
8/10/8 
VI 
50 
275 
I/J 
I 
5 
N 
90 
646 
L 
13 
8/10/08 
VI 
50 
350 
Chug/C 
E 
8 
N 
92 
349 
L 
14 
8/11/08 
VI 
50 
175 
Chug/J 
E 
11 
N 
83 
107 
L 
15 
8/11/08 
VI 
50 
175 
Chug/C 
E 
4 
N 
88 
343 
L 
16 
8/12/08 
VI 
50 
200 
I/J 
I 
10 
Y 
93 
488 
L 
17 
8/12/08 
VI 
50 
125 
I/J 
E 
12 
Y 
87 
328 
L 
18 
8/17/08 
NC 
80 
375 
Swi/J 
E 
40 
N 
90 
709 
L 
19 
9/7/08 
VI 
50 
160 
I/J 
E 
20 
N 
91 
191 
L 
20 
9/7/08 
VI 
50 
250 
Chug/C 
E 
15 
N 
68 
20 
L 
21 
9/7/08 
VI 
50 
235 
C 
E 
22 
N 
92 
319 
L 
22 
9/8/08 
VI 
50 
275 
Chug/J 
I 
55 
N 
90 
120 
L 
23 
9/9/08 
VI 
50 
125 
I/J 
I 
14 
N 
93 
238 
L 
24 
9/10/08 
VI 
50 
90 
Chug/J 
I 
20 R 10 
Y 
72 
68 
L 
25 
9/10/08 
VI 
50 
90 
Chug/J 
E 
13 
N 
88 
264 
L 
26 
9/11/08 
VI 
80 
325 
I/J 
E 
35 
N 
100 
197 
L 
27 
9/15/08 
VI 
50 
100 
Chug/C 
E 
12 
N 
92 
234 
L 
28 
9/25/08 
VZ 
30 
70 
C 
E 
5 
N 
90 
13 
L 
29 
11/1/08 
BR 
130 
300 
Chug/C 
E 
11 R 2 
N 
85 
119 
L 
30 
11/2/08 
VZ 
30 
150 
Chug/C 
E 
21 
N 
84 
336 
L 
31 
11/3/08 
VZ 
30 
290 
C 
E 
85 
N 
94 
171 
L 
32 
11/4/08 
BR 
50 
125 
C 
E 
5 
N 
74 
284 
L 
33 
11/15/08 
VZ 
30 
250 
C 
E 
20 
N 
18 
263 
L 
34 
1 1/17/08 
VZ 
30 
150 
C 
E 
20 
N 
87 
135 
L 
35 
11/22/08 
VZ 
30 
150 
C 
E 
21 
N 
79 
115 
L 
36 
11/30/08 
VZ 
30 
120 
Chug/C 
E 
36 R 4 
N 
86 
83 
L 
37 
12/2/08 
BR 
130 
200 
Chug/J 
I 
12 
Y 
93 
47 
D 
38 
12/2/08 
BR 
130 
175 
Chug/C 
E 
5 
N 
36 
289 
L 
39 
12/9/08 
VZ 
30 
125 
Chug/C 
I 
21 
N 
81 
226 
L 
40 
12/9/08 
VZ 
50 
100 
I/J 
E 
6 
N 
90 
118 
L 
41 
12/9/08 
VZ 
50 
200 
I/J 
I 
9 
Y 
61 
109 
D 
continued 
