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Table 2 
Region of tagging and number of tagged red drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus) recovered within North Carolina estuarine and coastal 
waters, 1983-2007. Region codes are the following: eastern Pamlico Sound (EPS), western Pamlico Sound (WPS), Neuse and 
Pamlico rivers (NPR), and southern North Carolina (SNC). 
Age of fish 
and region 
of tagging 
Region of tag recovery 
EPS 
WPS 
NPR 
SNC 
Out-of-state 
Total 
Age 1 
EPS 
429 
4 
7 
73 
6 
519 
WPS 
236 
5 
11 
5 
1 
258 
NPR 
234 
1 
2119 
66 
1 
2421 
SNC 
8 
1 
12 
303 
0 
324 
Age 2 
EPS 
524 
12 
10 
9 
17 
572 
WPS 
80 
3 
2 
1 
1 
87 
NPR 
158 
4 
813 
64 
1 
1040 
SNC 
6 
3 
1 
243 
1 
254 
Age 3 
EPS 
78 
0 
2 
2 
0 
82 
WPS 
3 
0 
0 
0 
0 
3 
NPR 
1 
0 
27 
2 
0 
30 
SNC 
0 
0 
0 
34 
0 
34 
Age 4+ 
EPS 
225 
11 
94 
4 
7 
341 
WPS 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
2 
NPR 
29 
3 
127 
1 
0 
160 
SNC 
1 
0 
1 
43 
1 
46 
Total 
2013 
47 
3227 
850 
36 
6173 
Table 3 
Summary of movement information for four age groups of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in estuarine and coastal waters of 
North Carolina based on their age at tagging, 1983-2007. Standard errors (SE) are show in parentheses. Age-1 and age-2 red 
drum were analyzed within each of four tagging regions: eastern Pamlico Sound (EPS), western Pamlico Sound (WPS), Neuse 
and Pamlico rivers (NPR), and southern North Carolina (SNC). Age-3 and age-4+ red drum movement information was sum- 
marized across all regions because of low sample sizes in some regions. Shortest distance in water was used for all distance and 
movement rate calculations. 
Age of fish 
and region 
of tagging 
Total 
recoveries 
Mean (SE) 
days 
at large 
Maximum 
days 
at large 
Mean (SE) 
distance 
moved (km) 
Maximum 
distance 
moved (km) 
Mean (SE) 
movement 
rate (km/d) 
Proportion 
moving 
<10km 
Age 1 
EPS 
519 
134.2 (7.4) 
1079 
49.0(2.3) 
353.5 
2.0 (0.2) 
0.32 
WPS 
258 
186.7(15.3) 
1532 
44.7 (2.5) 
314.5 
2.4 (0.5) 
0.25 
NPR 
2421 
77.9(3.0) 
1882 
21.0(0.6) 
202.6 
1.0 (0.1) 
0.66 
SNC 
324 
147.3 (9.3) 
1125 
27.8(2.4) 
306.7 
0.5 (0.1) 
0.49 
Overall 
3522 
100.8(2.8) 
1882 
24.9 (0.6) 
353.5 
1.1 (0.1) 
0.56 
Age 2 
EPS 
572 
164.8 (7.6) 
2056 
28.7(1.9) 
622.5 
0.7 (0.1) 
0.45 
WPS 
87 
179.4(13.7) 
621 
43.3(3.7) 
166.7 
0.8 (0.1) 
0.21 
NPR 
1040 
150.5 (4.0) 
816 
20.4 (1.0) 
220.7 
0.2 (0.1) 
0.57 
SNC 
254 
151.2 (12.8) 
1043 
11.9(2.2) 
186.9 
0.3 (0.1) 
0.74 
Overall 
1953 
155.6(3.5) 
2056 
22.4 (0.8) 
622.5 
0.4 (0.1) 
0.54 
Age 3 
149 
176.7 (35.6) 
4752 
10.1 (1.2) 
80.0 
0.2 (0.1) 
0.68 
Age 4+ 
549 
693.8 (37.9) 
5955 
30.2 (2.0) 
305.8 
0.3 (0.1) 
0.47 
