Quantifying shark and ray discards in Western Australia’s shark fisheries Matias Braccini, Hilario Murua ABSTRACT: Commercial fisheries can discard a considerable volume of sharks and rays, which, as a group, are of high conservation concern. In Western Australia (WA), commercial shark fishing commenced in the 1940s; however, catch time series are not available for discarded
Mercury concentrations and trophic relations in sharks of the Pacific Ocean of Colombia Natalia Vélez, Sandra Bessudo, Dalia C. Barragán-Barrera, Felipe Ladino, Paco Bustamante, Andrea Luna-Acosta ABSTRACT: Sharks are fished for human consumption in Colombia, and fins are exported illegally to international markets. The goal was to identify differences in total mercury (THg) concentrations in
Length-weight relationship of four deep-sea chondrichthyans (Elasmobranchii & Holocephali) in Ecuadorian oceanic waters Paulina Sepa, Dialhy Coello, Marco Herrera, René Zambrano ABSTRACT: The present work reported the length-weight relationship of four deep-sea chondrichthyan species (i.e., Hydrolagus spp., E. granulosus, C. owstonii and C. squamosus) captured by the experimental fishery of the depth cod (Dissostichus eleginoides)