September, 2020

Autonomous underwater videography and tracking of basking sharks

Autonomous underwater videography and tracking of basking sharks

Autonomous underwater videography and tracking of basking sharks L.A. Hawkes, O. Exeter, S. M. Henderson, C. Kerry, A. Kukulya, J. Rudd, S. Whelan, N. Yoder, M. J. Witt ABSTRACT: Background Biologging studies have revealed a wealth of information about the spatio-temporal movements of a wide range of vertebrates large enough to carry electronic tracking tags.

Sharks and rays caught by a small‐scale fisheries in the western equatorial Atlantic

Sharks and rays caught by a small‐scale fisheries in the western equatorial Atlantic

Sharks and rays caught by a small‐scale fisheries in the western equatorial Atlantic Jones Santander‐Neto, Vicente Vieira Faria ABSTRACT: N/A Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Early View, DOI: 10.1111/jai.14103 SOURCE

Owner of Japanese Fishing Vessel Charged with Unlawful Trafficking of Shark Fins

Owner of Japanese Fishing Vessel Charged with Unlawful Trafficking of Shark Fins

Press Release U.S. Department of Justice 31. August 2020 — — — — — — — — — Hamada Suisan Co. Ltd., the owner of a Japanese-flagged fishing vessel, was charged in federal court with aiding and abetting the attempted export of shark fins out of Hawaii in violation of the Lacey Act, the Department

When prey becomes killer: does a double lethal attack on a blue shark reveal a precise defensive strategy in young swordfish?

When prey becomes killer: does a double lethal attack on a blue shark reveal a precise defensive strategy in young swordfish?

When prey becomes killer: does a double lethal attack on a blue shark reveal a precise defensive strategy in young swordfish? Teresa Romeo, Pietro Battaglia, Domenico Macaluso, Giuseppe Tagliavia, Teresa Manuela Vicchio, Manuela Falautano, Fabrizio Serena, Franco Andaloro ABSTRACT: In this paper a rare case of a double swordfish mortal attack against an adult blue

Multiyear social stability and social information use in reef sharks with diel fission–fusion dynamics

Multiyear social stability and social information use in reef sharks with diel fission–fusion dynamics

Multiyear social stability and social information use in reef sharks with diel fission–fusion dynamics Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Thomas W. Bodey, Jennifer E. Caselle, Darcy Bradley, Robin Freeman, Alan M. Friedlander, David M. P. Jacoby ABSTRACT: Animals across vertebrate taxa form social communities and often exist as fission–fusion groups. Central place foragers (CPF) may form groups