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Frequency of Multiple Paternity in Gummy Shark and Rig
Published online on 15. March 2013 Frequency of Multiple Paternity in Gummy Shark, Mustelus antarcticus, and Rig, Mustelus lenticulatus, and the Implications of Mate Encounter Rate, Postcopulatory Influences, and Reproductive Mode Jessica J. Boomer, Robert G. Harcourt, Malcolm P. Francis, Terence I. Walker, Juan Matias Braccini and Adam J. Stow ABSTRACT: Elasmobranchs (sharks and rays)
Shark fears bite business at dive school
Published on 17 Mar, 2013 at 18:46 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Daniel Mercer, The West Australian, March 18, 2013 One of Perth’s biggest scuba diving businesses has had to offer extraordinary discounts to lure people into the water after an unprecedented spate of shark attacks slashed its profitability. Perth Diving Academy, which has shops in Hillarys and Balcatta and runs diving courses off Perth, said its
Generalized Linear Models and Generalized Estimation Equations to model at-haulback mortality of blue sharks
Published online on 14. March 2013 Application of Generalized Linear Models and Generalized Estimation Equations to model at-haulback mortality of blue sharks captured in a pelagic longline fishery in the Atlantic Ocean Rui Coelho, Paulo Infante, Miguel N. Santos ABSTRACT: At-haulback mortality of blue shark (Prionace glauca) captured by the Portuguese pelagic longline fishery targeting
Oceanic whitetip sharks caught by the Brazilian tuna longline fleet
Size, distribution and catch rates of the oceanic whitetip shark caught by the Brazilian tuna longline fleet Mariana Travassos Tolotti, Paulo Travassos, Flávia Lucena Frédou, Catarina Wor, Fábio Hazin ABSTRACT: Catch and effort data from 14,835 longline sets conducted by foreign tuna longline vessels chartered by Brazil, from 2004 to 2010, were analyzed aiming at
No effect from rare-earth metal deterrent on shark bycatch
No effect from rare-earth metal deterrent on shark bycatch in a commercial pelagic longline trial Aurelie Cosandey Godin, Tonya Wimmer, John H. Wang, Boris Worm ABSTRACT: The indiscriminate capture of non-target organisms (bycatch) in commercial fisheries undermines the sustainable development of marine resources. In the Northwest Atlantic, blue sharks (Prionace glauca) account for most of
Reproductive biology and fisheries of mako and blue sharks in the Pacific Ocean
Insights into the reproductive biology and fisheries of two commercially exploited species, shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and blue shark (Prionace glauca), in the south-east Pacific Ocean Carlos Bustamante, Michael B. Bennett ABSTRACT: In 2005 and 2010, 1241 Isurus oxyrinchus and 1153 Prionace glauca were collected from 178 longline sets in a ship-board observer programme in
Sandtiger shark bites angler in South Africa
Published on 17 Mar, 2013 at 9:10 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
By The National Sea Rescue Institute 16. March 2013 Angler assisted at De Mond “At 07h30, Saturday, 16th March, NSRI Agulhas volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of an angler bitten by a shark at De Mond, 15 kilometers from Struisbaai, and reported to be unable to walk and losing blood. “Because