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Countries Agree on Actions to Protect Sharks
Published on 24 Feb, 2016 at 1:36 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) 22. February 2016 ————————– San José, Costa Rica, 22 February 2016– Close to 40 governments agreed this week to enhance protection for additional migratory shark and ray species and to a set of new conservation priorities. At the Second Meeting of the
Multimodel approaches in shark and ray growth studies
Published online on 23. February 2016 Multimodel approaches in shark and ray growth studies: strengths, weaknesses and the future Jonathan J Smart, Andrew Chin, Andrew J Tobin, Colin A Simpfendorfer ABSTRACT: Multimodel frameworks are common in contemporary elasmobranch growth literature. These techniques offer a proposed improvement over individual growth functions by incorporating additional candidate models
Temperature Insensitivity and Behavioural Reduction of the Physiological Stress Response to Longline Capture by the Gummy Shark
Published on 17. February 2016 Temperature Insensitivity and Behavioural Reduction of the Physiological Stress Response to Longline Capture by the Gummy Shark, Mustelus antarcticus Leonardo Guida, Terence I. Walker, Richard D. Reina ABSTRACT: Many factors influence the physiological stress response to fisheries capture in elasmobranchs. However, the influence of sea surface temperatures (SST) and behaviour