Filling in knowledge gaps: Length–weight relations of 46 uncommon sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii) in the Mediterranean Sea Athanassios C. Tsikliras, Donna Dimarchopoulou ABSTRACT: Large sharks and rays are generally understudied in the Mediterranean Sea, thus leading to a knowledge gap of basic biological characteristics that are important in fisheries management and ecosystem modeling. Out of
Evaluating artisanal fishing of globally threatened sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh Alifa Bintha Haque, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Nathalie Seddon ABSTRACT: Sharks and rays are at risk of extinction globally. This reflects low resilience to increasing fishing pressure, exacerbated by habitat loss, climate change, increasing value in a trade and inadequate information
Distribution and Abundance of Coastal Elasmobranchs in Tenerife (Canary Islands, NE Atlantic Ocean) with Emphasis on the Bull Ray, Aetomylaeus bovinus Jorge Manuel Moreno Mendoza, Silvio E. Solleliet-Ferreira, R. Riera ABSTRACT: The current status of the elasmobranchs’ populations and distribution in the Canary Islands is uncertain. Here we investigate the abundance and distribution patterns of
Behavioural response of a whale shark during the passage of a typhoon Itsumi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Kazuki Tone, Kazuyoshi Komeyama, Akira Sasaki, Ryo Kawabe ABSTRACT: During a behavioural survey of a tagged whale shark (Rhincodon typus) conducted in 2019 in the waters off Kagoshima, Japan, a typhoon passed close to the area under surveillance. As