NZ: Tests find endangered dolphin killed by shark

Media Release Department of Conservation, New Zealand 25. January 2018 — — — — — — — — An endangered dolphin found washed up at Port Waikato at the weekend, was the victim of a shark attack, a post mortem examination shows. The Māui or Hector’s dolphin was recovered by a DOC ranger on Sunday

Elasmobranch bycatch in the Italian Adriatic pelagic trawl fishery

Published on 29. January 2018 Elasmobranch bycatch in the Italian Adriatic pelagic trawl fishery Bonanomi S, Pulcinella J, Fortuna CM, Moro F, Sala A ABSTRACT: Elasmobranchs are among the most threatened long-lived marine species worldwide, and incidental capture is a major source of mortality. The northern central Adriatic Sea, though one of the most overfished

Global priorities for conserving the evolutionary history of sharks, rays and chimaeras

Published on 18. January 2018 Global priorities for conserving the evolutionary history of sharks, rays and chimaeras R. William Stein, Christopher G. Mull, Tyler S. Kuhn, Neil C. Aschliman, Lindsay N. K. Davidson, Jeffrey B. Joy, Gordon J. Smith, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Arne O. Mooers ABSTRACT: In an era of accelerated biodiversity loss and limited

New insights on the trophic ecology of blue and shortfin mako sharks

Published on 17. January 2018 New insights on the trophic ecology of blue (Prionace glauca) and shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) from the oceanic eastern South Pacific Sebastian A. Klarian, Carlos Canales-Cerro, Patricio Barría, Patricia Zárate, Francisco Concha, Sebastián Hernández, Maike Heidemeyer, Pauline Sallaberry-Pincheira, Roberto Meléndez ABSTRACT: The blue shark (Prionace glauca) and the shortfin

Lack of multiple paternity in the oceanodromous tiger shark

Published on 17. January 2018 Lack of multiple paternity in the oceanodromous tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Bonnie J. Holmes, Lisa C. Pope, Samuel M. Williams, Ian R. Tibbetts, Mike B. Bennett, Jennifer R. Ovenden ABSTRACT: Multiple paternity has been documented as a reproductive strategy in both viviparous and ovoviviparous elasmobranchs, leading to the assumption that

Philippines: Great white shark found dead in Aurora Province

Development of the Lunate-shaped Caudal Fin in White Shark Embryos

Published online on 06. January 2018 Development of the Lunate-shaped Caudal Fin in White Shark Embryos Taketeru Tomita, Minoru Toda, Kei Miyamoto, Shin-Ichiro Oka, Keiichi Ueda, Keiichi Sato ABSTRACT: The lunate-shaped caudal fin in lamnid sharks is a morphological specialization for their thunniform mode of locomotion, but its developmental process during gestation has been poorly

Predator declines and morphological changes in prey

Published on 11. January 2018 Predator declines and morphological changes in prey: evidence from coral reefs depleted of sharks Neil Hammerschlag, Shanta C. Barley, Duncan J. Irschick, Jessica J. Meeuwig, Emily R. Nelson, Mark G. Meekan ABSTRACT: Evidence from the wild as to the ecological and evolutionary consequences of top predator depletions remains limited, especially

Ontogenetic partial migration is associated with environmental drivers and influences fisheries interactions in a marine predator

Published on 04. January 2018 Ontogenetic partial migration is associated with environmental drivers and influences fisheries interactions in a marine predator James S E Lea, Bradley M Wetherbee, Lara L Sousa, Choy Aming, Neil Burnie, Nicolas E Humphries, Nuno Queiroz, Guy M Harvey, David W Sims, Mahmood S Shivji ABSTRACT: The ability to predict animal

2016 Summary of the Shark Fishing Program in Réunion Island

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 01. January 2018 In 2016, a total of 85 specimens were killed in the fishing program for shark hazard mitigation off the western coast of Reunion Island – 49 of them were bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and 36 were tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier). The details on each specimen are