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Great Hammerhead Sharks Will Be Considered for Endangered Species Act Protection
Published on 27 Apr, 2013 at 3:59 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release WildEarth Guardians 25. April 2013 ———————————— Great Hammerheads Threatened by Commercial Exploitation, “Finning” Washington, DC –National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will consider listing the great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) as “threatened” or “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The agency has made a positive preliminary finding on a petition by WildEarth Guardians
Dissertation: Feeding Ecology of Skates and Rays in Delaware
1-1-2013 Feeding Ecology of Skates and Rays in Delaware and Narragansett Bays John Andrew Szczepanski Jr. ABSTRACT: Skates and rays are an integral part of the trophic structure of many estuarine ecosystems. However, there are many aspects of the fisheries biology of these species that require further exploration. For example, few comparisons have been done