May 6th, 2014

Massachusetts: Declaration for Spiny Dogfish Season 2014/2015

Massachusetts: Declaration for Spiny Dogfish Season 2014/2015

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Paul J. Diodati Director 01. May 2014 —————— Director Declares 4,000 lb 2014/2015 Spiny Dogfish Trip Limit Pursuant to 322 CMR 6.35, the Director hereby declares the following:  Beginning May 1, 2014 it shall be unlawful for any commercial vessel or commercial permit holder to possess or land

Pectoral fin morphology of batoid fishes

Pectoral fin morphology of batoid fishes

Published online on 5. May 2014 Pectoral fin morphology of batoid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea): Explaining phylogenetic variation with geometric morphometrics Oliver Franklin, Colin Palmer, Gareth Dyke ABSTRACT: The diverse cartilaginous fish lineage, Batoidea (rays, skates, and allies), sister taxon to sharks, comprises a huge range of morphological diversity which to date remains unquantified and unexplained