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Table 1 Details of bottom trawler operations where on-board observations of seabirds attending and scavenging on discards took place

From: The use of demersal trawling discards as a food source for two scavenging seabird species: a case study of an eastern Mediterranean oligotrophic marine ecosystem

No.

Year

Date

Time of setting

Time of hauling

Coordinates (WGS 84) of hauling operations (longitude, latitude)

Depth (m)

Minimum distance from the coastline (km)

Beaufort scale

Wind direction

1

2014

3 May

05:45

11:30

21.1195, 38.2567

76.4

3.05

3

SW

2

2014

3 May

12:47

18:00

21.0778, 38.2328

82.8

5.45

4

SE

3

2014

4 May

00:00

06:30

21.0778, 38.2328

85.7

5.45

3

S

4

2014

4 May

06:30

13:30

21.2590, 38.0687

70.3

6.10

4

SW

5

2014

5 May

05:30

11:30

21.1195, 38.2567

76.5

3.05

3

W

6

2014

5 May

11:30

17:00

21.1190, 38.2457

80.0

4.04

3

NW

7

2014

17 May

06:00

11:50

21.0477, 37.9578

132.0

7.36

4

S

8

2014

17 May

11:50

18:50

20.9490, 38.1117

122.9

13.36

4

SW

9

2014

17 May

18:00

20:45

20.8623, 38.0107

145.6

8.56

3

SW

10

2014

18 May

06:00

11:00

21.0803, 37.8052

546.0

4.79

2

W

11

2014

9 Dec

03:35

09:07

21.1358, 37.9768

61.7

3.33

3

N

12

2014

9 Dec

09:35

14:59

21.1950, 38.0637

74.0

10.38

2

NW

13

2014

9-10 Dec

22:16

06:14

21.1503, 38.2372

65.0

6.30

3

E

14

2014

10 Dec

06:35

10:48

21.1392, 37.9952

50.0

5.15

3

NE

15

2014

10 Dec

11:10

16:29

21.1773, 38.2217

78.0

7.72

5

NE

16

2014

11 Dec

04:55

11:05

21.1573, 37.9953

74.0

5.46

3

NE

17

2014

11 Dec

11:30

17:37

21.1285, 37.9872

74.0

4.46

4

N

18

2014

12 Dec

00:30

06:42

21.1458, 37.9850

77.7

4.19

5

N

19

2014

12 Dec

07:10

12:40

21.1688, 37.9853

71.3

4.97

5

N