Identifying nearshore nursery habitats for sharks in the Eastern Tropical Pacific from fisheries landings and interviews Juliana López-Angarita, Melany Villate, Juan Manuel Díaz, Juan C. Cubillos, Alexander Tilley ABSTRACT: The Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) comprising the coasts of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador, represents an area of high marine biodiversity that supports productive fisheries
Age and growth of tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) from Western Australia Sophia M. Emmons, Brooke M. D’Alberto, Jonathan J. Smart, Colin A. Simpfendorfer ABSTRACT: The tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is believed to be a fast-growing shark that has shown regional variation in growth. Vertebrae samples were taken from 124 tiger sharks (60 females, 38 males,