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Figure 2 
Tagging (gray circles) and recovery locations (black circles) for (A) age-1, (B) age-2, (C) age-3, and (D) age-4+ 
red drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus ) conventionally tagged by North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries and North 
Carolina State University, 1983-2007. Only recoveries occurring within North Carolina waters are shown. 
whereas age-1 fish in other regions moved primar- 
ily south (WPS), east (NPR), or northeast and south- 
west (SNC). Third, during winter, spring, and summer 
months, movements of subadult red drum tended to 
consist of short-distance movements of highly vari- 
able directionality. Fourth, when comparing age-1 and 
age-2 red drum movements in fall months, we found 
that the direction and distances of movements were 
mostly similar for EPS and WPS. However, age-specific 
differences were observed for NPR, which had more 
long-distance, coastward movements of age-2 than age- 
1 red drum, and for SNC, which had more westward 
movement of age-2 fish and highly variable movement 
of age-1 red drum. 
Thirty-six red drum were recovered in states other 
than North Carolina (0.6% of all recoveries). Most 
out-of-state recoveries were from fish tagged at age 2 
(56%), but some had fish been tagged at age 1 (22%) 
or age 4+ (22%). Most out-of-state recoveries came 
from Virginia (78%), but recoveries also occurred in 
South Carolina (11%), Maryland (5%), Georgia (3%), 
and Delaware (3%). Most out-of-state recoveries came 
from fish tagged in EPS (82%), but some also came 
from NPR (6%), SNC (6%), and WPS (6%). 
Catches of adult red drum in coastal waters of North 
Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland from the NMFS and 
VIMS fishery-independent surveys showed a seasonal 
geographic pattern (Fig. 5). In March, adult red drum 
were located exclusively on the continental shelf of 
North Carolina. Adult red drum were encountered in 
lower Chesapeake Bay and coastal Virginia and Mary- 
land in spring and summer months, and catches during 
late fall were centered back in North Carolina. 
Ultrasonic telemetry 
In total, 105 age-2 red drum were implanted with trans- 
mitters in Hancock Creek from March 2005 to December 
