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AUS: Federal laws prevent extra shark control gear being deployed in Cairns
Published on 26 Sep, 2019 at 16:43 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Media Statement Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and FisheriesThe Honourable Mark Furner 25. September 2019 — — — — — — — — The Palaszczuk Government is moving quickly to install additional shark control equipment at a number of Queensland coastal locations, but Federal legislation is preventing extra equipment being deployed in Cairns. Minister for
DNA analysis of elasmobranch products originating from Bangladesh reveals unregulated elasmobranch fishery
DNA analysis of elasmobranch products originating from Bangladesh reveals unregulated elasmobranch fishery and trade on species of global conservation concern Alifa Bintha Haque, Sudipta Arka Das, Aparna Riti Biswas ABSTRACT: Trade involving elasmobranch products in Bangladesh is a four-decade-long practice in large scale and there is little understanding of its impact on species composition, population,
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks Fabien L. Condamine, Jules Romieu, Guillaume Guinot ABSTRACT: Understanding heterogeneity in species richness between closely related clades is a key research question in ecology and evolutionary biology. Multiple hypotheses have been proposed to interpret such diversity contrasts across the tree of life, with
The neglected complexities of shark fisheries
The neglected complexities of shark fisheries, and priorities for holistic risk-based management Hollie Booth, Dale Squires, E.J. Milner-Gulland ABSTRACT: Sharks and their cartilaginous relatives (Class Chondrichthyes, herein ‘sharks’) are one of the world’s most threatened species groups. Their slow life history traits and vulnerability to capture make them particularly susceptible to overfishing, and they are
Threatened shark species in pet food and beauty care products
Genetic identification of threatened shark species in pet food and beauty care products Diego Cardeñosa ABSTRACT: Contemporary global demand for shark commodities such as fins, meat, and liver oil, is arguably the main driver of shark overexploitation trends observed in the last three decades. Shark are most commonly traded for their fins to be used in