| Acoustic-transmitter | Location | ∙ The first acoustic tracking on chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (Trefethen, 1956)∙ American eel (Anguilla rostrata) migration (Béguer-Pon et al., 2014)∙ Migration study on Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (Furey et al., 2015) |
| Collect localization satellites (CLS) with Argos transmission | Location | ∙ The first ARGOS satellite tracking on basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) (Priede, 1984)∙ Migration study on whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) (Sleeman et al., 2010) |
| Passive integrated transponders (PIT) | Location | ∙ The first PIT test study on chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) (Prentice & Park 1983)∙ Winter movement study on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) (Stickler et al., 2011)∙ Winter survival study on brown trout (Salmo trutta) and European sculpin (Cottus gobio) (Weber et al., 2016) |
| Radio-transmitter | Location | ∙ Sauger (Stizostedion canadense) (Pegg et al., 1997)∙ Tracking study on escaping rainbow trout (O. mykiss) from aquafarm (Patterson & Blanchfield, 2013) |
| Ambient water temperature | Ambient water temperature | ∙ Daily water temperature study on bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) with the first pop-up (pop-off) satellite device (Block et al., 1998)∙ Temperature selection study on lake charr (Salvelinus namaycush) (Jasonowicz et al., 2022) |
| Geolocation System (GLS) with light intensity | Location | ∙ Basking shark (Southall et al., 2006)∙ Whitetip shark (Carcharodon longimanus) (Howey et al., 2016)∙ Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) (Tone et al., 2022) |
| Body temperature | Body or visceral warming | ∙ Behavioral thermoregulation study on leopard shark (Triakis semifaciata) (Hight & Lowe, 2007)∙ Feeding ecology study on bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) (Bestley et al., 2008) |
| Global Positioning System (GPS) for high accuracy | Location | ∙ GPS-bouy on sunfish (Mola mola) (Sims et al., 2009) and New Zealand eagle ray (Riding et al., 2009)∙ GPS-AUV receiver with an acoustic transmitter on chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (Eiler et al., 2019)∙ Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) (Andrzejaczek et al., 2021) |
| Accelerometer for movement estimation | Acceleration | ∙ Mating behavior study on Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) (Whitney et al., 2010)∙ Daily hunt strategy study on Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) (Papastamatiou et al., 2015) |
| Time-depth recorder (TDR) | Swimming Depth | ∙ Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) (Fisk et al., 2012)∙ Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) (Bergstedt et al., 2016) |
| Video-camera | Moving images | ∙ Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) (Heithaus et al., 2002)∙ White shark (C. carcharias) (Semmens et al., 2019) |
| Dissolved Oxygen (DO) | Oxygen density dissolved in water | ∙ First DO from bluntnose sixgill sharks (Hexanchus griseus) (Coffey & Holland 2015) ∙ PSAT-TDR-DO blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) (Logan et al., 2022) |