April, 2022

Assessment of trace metal concentrations in Indian Ocean silky sharks

Assessment of trace metal concentrations in Indian Ocean silky sharks

Assessment of trace metal concentrations in Indian Ocean silky sharks Carcharhinus falciformis and their toxicological concerns Ming-Huang Wang, Chiu-Wen Chen, Chih-Feng Chen, Wen-Pei Tsai, Cheng-Di Dong ABSTRACT: This study assessed the concentrations of nine trace metals from juvenile C. falciformis caught from Indian Ocean. This study also discussed the metal pollution index (MPI) and bioconcentration

California Shark Incidents 1950 – 2022

California Shark Incidents 1950 – 2022

Summary ofDocumented California Shark Incidents1950 – 2022 (As of March 2, 2022)California Department of Fish and Wildlife PDF-DOWNLOAD

Fact Sheet: Sharks in Western Australia

Fact Sheet: Sharks in Western Australia

FISHERIES FACT SHEETSHARKS IN WAPUBLISHED MARCH 2022This fact sheet is the fourth (No. 4, second revision) in a Department of Fisheries series. ISSN 1834-9382 PDF-DOWNLOAD

Regional variation in multiple paternity in the brown smooth-hound shark from the northeastern Pacific

Regional variation in multiple paternity in the brown smooth-hound shark from the northeastern Pacific

Regional variation in multiple paternity in the brown smooth-hound shark Mustelus henlei from the northeastern Pacific J. Juan Rendón-Herrera, Juan Carlos Pérez-Jiménez, Nancy C. Saavedra-Sotelo ABSTRACT: Multiple paternity (MP) in the brown smooth-hound shark (Mustelus henlei) was assessed in 15 litters (15 mothers and 97 embryos) collected in the northern Gulf of California of which

Effects of unregulated international fishing on recovery potential of the sandbar shark within the southeast United States

Effects of unregulated international fishing on recovery potential of the sandbar shark within the southeast United States

Effects of unregulated international fishing on recovery potential of the sandbar shark within the southeast United States Cassidy Peterson, Michael J Wilberg, Enric Cortes, PhD, Dean L. Courtney, and Robert J. Latour ABSTRACT: Coastal sharks are challenging to manage in the United States due to their slow life history, limited data availability, history of overexploitation,

Predator-prey landscapes of large sharks in the Florida Keys

Predator-prey landscapes of large sharks in the Florida Keys

Predator-prey landscapes of large sharks and game fishes in the Florida Keys Lucas P Griffin, Grace A Casselberry, Susan K Lowerre-Barbieri, Alejandro Acosta, Aaron J Adams, Steven J Cooke, Alex Filous, Claudia Friess, Tristan L Guttridge, Neil Hammerschlag, Vital Heim, Danielle Morley, Mitchell J Rider, Gregory B Skomal, Matthew J Smukall, Andy J Danylchuk, Jacob

Social dynamics and individual hunting tactics of white sharks revealed by biologging

Social dynamics and individual hunting tactics of white sharks revealed by biologging

Social dynamics and individual hunting tactics of white sharks revealed by biologging Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Johann Mourier, Thomas TinHan, Sarah Luongo, Seiko Hosoki, Omar Santana-Morales, Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla ABSTRACT: Social foraging, where animals forage in groups, takes many forms but is less studied in marine predators as measuring social associations in the wild is challenging. We

Blackmouth catshark as a sentinel of plastic waste on the seabed

Blackmouth catshark as a sentinel of plastic waste on the seabed

Ask the shark: Blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) as a sentinel of plastic waste on the seabed Alice Sbrana, Alessandro Cau, Davide Cicala, Simone Franceschini, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Maria Flavia Gravina, Alessandro Ligas, Giulia Maiello, Marco Matiddi, Antonio Parisi, Paolo Sartor, Mario Sbrana, Umberto Scacco, Tommaso Valente, Claudio Viva, Tommaso Russo ABSTRACT: The presence of plastic waste

Biometrical distribution of sharks in a low Elasmobranches-diversified shelf, the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Biometrical distribution of sharks in a low Elasmobranches-diversified shelf, the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Biometrical distribution of sharks in a low Elasmobranches-diversified shelf, the eastern Mediterranean Sea Erhan MUTLU, Mehmet Cengiz DEVAL, Claudia MIGLIETTA, İsmet SAYGU, Ilaria de MEO ABSTRACT: Spatiotemporal distribution of sharks collected by the Otter trawl in 2009-2001 and 2014-2015 was studied for their biometrical characteristics, and fish assemblage and ecology in shelf-slope of Antalya Gulf.

What Is in Your Shark Fin Soup? Probably an Endangered Shark Species and a Bit of Mercury

What Is in Your Shark Fin Soup? Probably an Endangered Shark Species and a Bit of Mercury

What Is in Your Shark Fin Soup? Probably an Endangered Shark Species and a Bit of Mercury Christina Pei Pei Choy, Benjamin J. Wainwright ABSTRACT: Shark fin soup, consumed by Asian communities throughout the world, is one of the principal drivers of the demand of shark fins. This near USD 1 billion global industry has

Movement patterns and residency of bull sharks in a marine protected area of the Gulf of California

Movement patterns and residency of bull sharks in a marine protected area of the Gulf of California

Movement patterns and residency of bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas, in a marine protected area of the Gulf of California Frida Lara-Lizardi, E. Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, A. Peter Klimley, Miguel Grau, James T. Ketchum ABSTRACT: In the southwestern Gulf of California one of the most successful marine protected areas (MPA) worldwide is found: Cabo Pulmo National Park