Global patterns in the bycatch of sharks and rays

Published online on 17. January 2015 Global patterns in the bycatch of sharks and rays Shelby Oliver, Matias Braccini, Stephen J. Newman, Euan S. Harvey ABSTRACT: This study comprised a meta-analysis of elasmobranch bycatch in commercial longline, trawl, purse-seine and gillnet fisheries in order to obtain a general perspective of bycatch patterns, and to expose