April 18th, 2022

Effects of shark tourism on the yellowtail kingfish

Effects of shark tourism on the yellowtail kingfish

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

Unreported discards of internationally protected pelagic sharks

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

Field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark

Field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark

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