Shark Violations in US Fisheries – Sept 2013 to Apr 2014

Notices of Violation and Assessments Issued Cases charged from September 2013 to April 2014   •SE1200522; Mississippi state registered vessel – Owner and operator were charged in two counts under the Magnuson-Stevens Act for exceeding the bag limit on large coastal sharks and for possessing undersized sharks. A $4,000 NOVA was issued. •SE1105098; F/V Watersport

Sharks Sense Prey in Surprising Ways during Pioneering Study

Press Release Mote Marine Laboratory 02. April 2014 —————– Published Wednesday, April 2, 2014 by Hayley Rutger How sharks hunt prey — from the first whiff to the final chomp — has been revealed as never before in a new study about shark senses that was supported by the National Science Foundation and published today,

Mortality rate of silky sharks caught in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery in the Indian Ocean

Published online on 27. March 2014 Mortality rate of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) caught in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery in the Indian Ocean François Poisson, John-David Filmalter, Anne-Lise Vernet, Dagorn Laurent ABSTRACT: Scientists on-board French purse seine vessels recorded the number and condition of silky sharks caught during three fishing cruises in the

Distribution and morphometric characters of the Mediterranean brown ray in the Gulf of Gabes

Published online on 30. March 2014 Distribution and morphometric characters of the Mediterranean brown ray, Raja miraletus (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia, Central Mediterranean) Hasna Kadri, Sondes Marouani, Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai, Abderrahmen Bouaïn, Eric Morize ABSTRACT: To determine some morphometric characters of the Mediterranean brown ray Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758 in the

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