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Big Tiger Shark caught off the Northern Dominican Coast

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 22. April 2012 Date: reported on 21. April 2012. Location: Dominican Republic. Species: Tiger shark ( Galeocerdo cuvier ). Size: said to be ca. 800 pounds in weight. According to the source, fishermen captured this specimen in the waters of Las Terrenas in the Samaná Province. You can find a

Reconstruction of Costa Rica’s marine fisheries catches 1950-2008

Published in 2012 Reconstruction of Costa Rica’s marine fisheries catches 1950-2008 Pablo Trujillo, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Sarah Harper and Dirk Zeller ABSTRACT: Total marine fisheries catches in Costa Rica’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) were reconstructed for 1950-2008 and compared to officially reported data as supplied to FAO by the government of Costa Rica. The reconstruction

Changes in size distributions of commercially exploited sharks

Published online on 17. March 2012 Changes in size distributions of commercially exploited sharks over 25 years in northern Australia using a Bayesian approach Iain C. Field, Rik C. Buckworthd, Guo-Jing Yang, Mark G. Meekan, Grant Johnson, John D. Stevens, Richard D. Pillans, Clive R. McMahon, Corey J.A. Bradshaw ABSTRACT: Long-term vital rate and life-history

Evidence for reproductive philopatry in the bull shark

Published online on 13. April 2012 Evidence for reproductive philopatry in the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas B. J. Tillett, M. G. Meekan, I. C. Field, D. C. Thorburn, J. R. Ovenden ABSTRACT: Reproductive philopatry in bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas was investigated by comparing mitochondrial (NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4, 797 base pairs and control region genes