July 30th, 2021

Environmental preferences of sharks bycaught by the tuna purse-seine fishery

Environmental preferences of sharks bycaught by the tuna purse-seine fishery

Environmental preferences of sharks bycaught by the tuna purse-seine fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Eric Díaz-Delgado, Osman Crespo-Neto, Raúl O. Martínez-Rincón ABSTRACT: Sharks play important ecological roles in marine ecosystems. However, due to their life-history traits and low resilience, their vulnerability increases with overexploitation. The Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) purse-seine fishery catches several pelagic