Effects of shark tourism on the daily residency and movements of a non-focal pelagic teleost Thomas M. Clarke, Sasha K. Whitmarsh, Ross G. Dwyer, Vinay Udyawer, Hugh Pederson, Charlie Huveneers ABSTRACT: Marine wildlife tourism is increasing in popularity, with operations targeting a wide range of taxa globally. While previous studies have mostly focused on assessing
Unreported discards of internationally protected pelagic sharks in a global fishing hotspot are potentially large Gonzalo Mucientes, Marisa Vedor, David W. Sims, Nuno Queiroz ABSTRACT: Global abundances of oceanic pelagic sharks have declined due to overfishing. Internationally protected shark species remain at risk due to indiscriminate bycatch in longline fisheries with under-reported catches affecting reliability
Life in the slow lane: field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) modelled using archival biologgers Eric Ste-Marie, Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Jayson M. Semmens, Marianne Marcoux, Nigel E. Hussey ABSTRACT: Field metabolic rate (FMR) is a holistic measure of metabolism representing the routine energy utilization of a species living