November, 2021

Leveraging shark-fin consumer preferences to deliver sustainable fisheries

Leveraging shark-fin consumer preferences to deliver sustainable fisheries

Leveraging shark-fin consumer preferences to deliver sustainable fisheries Xuehong Zhou, Hollie Booth, Mingzhe Li, Zhifan Song, Douglas C. MacMillan, Wei Zhang, Qiang Wang, Diogo Veríssimo ABSTRACT: At least one third of sharks and their cartilaginous relatives (Class Chondrichthyes) meet the IUCN Red List Criteria for being threatened with extinction. Overfishing is the primary threat, with

Investigating Attitudes Toward Sharks in Australia

Investigating Attitudes Toward Sharks in Australia

Investigating Attitudes Toward Sharks in Australia Brianna Le Busque, Philip Roetman, Jillian Dorrian, Carla Litchfield ABSTRACT: Understanding attitudes toward sharks and the factors associated with them is important for promoting positive attitudes and support for conservation initiatives. We aimed to investigate attitudes toward two different shark species in an Australian context: white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias,

Site fidelity and shallow genetic structure in the common smooth-hound shark confirmed

Site fidelity and shallow genetic structure in the common smooth-hound shark confirmed

Site fidelity and shallow genetic structure in the common smooth-hound shark Mustelus mustelus confirmed by tag-recapture and genetic data Juliana D. Klein, Tamaryn A. Asbury, Charlene da Silva, Kelvin L. Hull, Matthew L. Dicken, Enrico Gennari, Simo N. Maduna, Aletta E. Bester-van der Merwe ABSTRACT: The common smooth-hound shark, Mustelus mustelus, is a widely distributed

A rare occurrence of a whale shark in a contaminated estuary in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

A rare occurrence of a whale shark in a contaminated estuary in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

A rare occurrence of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in a contaminated estuary in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean Lorena Nascimento, João Batista Teixeira, Luciano Cajaíba, Jonathas Barreto, Amanda Giacomo, Nelson Barcelos, Agnaldo Martins ABSTRACT: An individual whale shark (Rhincodon typus) was recorded on January 15, 2020, during the marine megafauna drone-monitoring. The animal was filmed

Nursery habitat use patterns of the scalloped hammerhead shark in coastal areas of the central Mexican Pacific

Nursery habitat use patterns of the scalloped hammerhead shark in coastal areas of the central Mexican Pacific

Nursery habitat use patterns of the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, in coastal areas of the central Mexican Pacific Antonio Corgos, Alejandro Rosende-Pereiro ABSTRACT: This work aimed to characterize the nursery habitat use patterns of the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini (SPL), in coastal areas of Jalisco and Colima, through the birth pattern, space–time distribution

First evidence of regional migration of the copper shark the Southwest Atlantic

First evidence of regional migration of the copper shark the Southwest Atlantic

First evidence of regional migration of the copper shark Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) in the Southwest Atlantic Juan M. Cuevas, Mirta L. García, Sebastián Gómez, Gustavo E. Chiaramonte, ABSTRACT: Regional migration of the copper shark Carcharhinus brachyurus was recorded for the first time in the Southwest Atlantic (SWA) from Argentina (latitude: –38.1037, longitude: –57.5371) to

Economic Value and Public Perceptions of Whale Shark Tourism in Nosy Be

Economic Value and Public Perceptions of Whale Shark Tourism in Nosy Be

Economic Value and Public Perceptions of Whale Shark Tourism in Nosy Be, Madagascar Ziegler, Jackie A.; Diamant, Stella; Pierce, Simon J.; Bennett, Rhett; Kiszka, Jeremy J. ABSTRACT: Nosy Be in northwestern Madagascar is home to a globally important whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aggregation and a growing whale shark tourism industry. However, whale sharks are not

Bacterial community dynamics during embryonic development of the little skate

Bacterial community dynamics during embryonic development of the little skate

Bacterial community dynamics during embryonic development of the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) Katelyn Mika, Alexander S Okamoto, Neil H Shubin, David B Mark Welch ABSTRACT: Background: Microbial transmission from parent to offspring is hypothesized to be widespread in vertebrates. However, evidence for this is limited as many evolutionarily important clades remain unexamined. There is currently

State of Shark and Ray Genomics in an Era of Extinction

State of Shark and Ray Genomics in an Era of Extinction

State of Shark and Ray Genomics in an Era of Extinction Jessica Pearce, Matthew W. Fraser, Ana M. M. Sequeira, Parwinder Kaur ABSTRACT: Chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, skates, and chimeras) are a class of high ecological, economic, and cultural significance, and yet they are the most threatened taxa in the marine environment. The creation of

Species substitution and mislabeling in the swordfish market in Santiago, Chile

Species substitution and mislabeling in the swordfish market in Santiago, Chile

Species substitution and mislabeling in the swordfish (Xiphias gladius) market in Santiago, Chile: Implications in shark conservation Pablo Dufflocq, María Angélica Larraín, Cristian Araneda ABSTRACT: Food fraud and the conservation and trade of threatened species are topics of high concern. Some shark species are considered in this category by IUCN and CITES, and can enter