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Characterisation of New Zealand protected shark captures, to 2021
Finucci, B.; Dunn, M.R.; Pinkerton, M.H.; Sutton, P. (2022).Characterisation of New Zealand protected shark captures, to 2021.New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report No. 289. 74 p. PDF-DOWNLOAD
Blood in the water: DNA barcoding of traded shark fins in Singapore
Blood in the water: DNA barcoding of traded shark fins in Singapore Lynn Drescher, Noel Jin Kiat Heng, Min Yi Chin, Neel R. O. Karve, Edward Jun Wei Cheung, Anastasia Kurniadi, Mariana Quesada Urera, Felipe Gabriel Waldeck, U. Dharshini, Nirel Tze En Hoe, Joshua Song Yang Choo, Russell Fock Jun Lok, Caroline Kibat, Benjamin J.
Direct observation of killer whales predating on white sharks and evidence of a flight response
Direct observation of killer whales predating on white sharks and evidence of a flight response Alison V. Towner, Alison A. Kock, Christiaan Stopforth, David Hurwitz, Simon H. Elwen ABSTRACT: N/A Ecology, DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3875 SOURCE (OPEN ACCESS)
Habitat Use of Subadult and Adult White Sharks in Eastern Australian Waters
Preliminary Data about Habitat Use of Subadult and Adult White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in Eastern Australian Waters Jessica L. Coxon, Paul A. Butcher, Julia L. Y. Spaet, Justin R. Rizzari ABSTRACT: In eastern Australia, white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are targeted in shark control programs, yet the movement of subadults and adults of the eastern Australasian
A multi-method characterization of Elasmobranch & Cheloniidae communities of the north-eastern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba
A multi-method characterization of Elasmobranch & Cheloniidae communities of the north-eastern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba Francesco Garzon, Collin T. Williams, Jesse E. M. Cochran, Lyndsey K. Tanabe, Ameer Abdulla, Michael L. Berumen, Thamer Habis, Paul A. Marshall, Mattie Rodrigue, Lucy A. Hawkes ABSTRACT: The Red Sea is particularly biodiverse, hosting high levels of
Biological parameters and spatial segregation patterns in sharks from the North Aegean Sea, Greece
Biological parameters and spatial segregation patterns in sharks from the North Aegean Sea, Greece Dimitrios Karampetsis, Chrysoula Gubili, Konstantinos Touloumis, Angeliki Adamidou, Stelios Triantafillidis, Athanasios Evangelopoulos, Ioannis E. Batjakas, Nikolaos Kamidis and Emmanouil Koutrakis ABSTRACT: Context: Sharks are frequently caught as bycatch in trawl fisheries in the North Aegean Sea. However, very little information exists
Bathyraja chapmani n. sp., a new deep-sea skate from the Southeast Pacific Ocean
Bathyraja chapmani n. sp., a new deep-sea skate (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from the Southeast Pacific Ocean Ebert, David A.; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Velez-Zuazo, Ximena; Pajuelo, Mariela; Mangel, Jeffrey C. ABSTRACT: A new species of softnose skate, Bathyraja chapmani n. sp., is described from two female specimens collected in deepwater off Lima, Peru (-11.933°, -78.15°), in the southeastern
An Annotated Checklist and the Conservation Status of Chondrichthyans in the Adriatic
An Annotated Checklist and the Conservation Status of Chondrichthyans in the Adriatic Alen Soldo, Lovrenc Lipej ABSTRACT: Although there is a high number of publications listing fish species in the Adriatic, only a few have focused on chondrichthyans, while their conservation status has been investigated even less. Thus, this paper aims to provide an updated
Ireland: Basking shark gets status of ‘protected wild animal’ under the Wildlife Act
Published on 6 Oct, 2022 at 5:21 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Ireland) 02 October 2022 — — — —- — — Ministers Noonan and McConalogue announce that the Basking Shark has been given the status of ‘protected wild animal’ under the Wildlife Act Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, and Minister for Agriculture,
Shark Bite Reporting and The New York Times
Shark Bite Reporting and The New York Times Christopher L. Pepin-Neff ABSTRACT: The social and political dynamics around human–shark interactions are a growing area of interest in marine social science. The question motivating this article asks to what extent media reporting by The New York Times has engaged beyond the lexicon of “shark attack” discourse
Utilization and trade of sharks and rays in the Andaman Islands, India
Utilization and trade of sharks and rays in the Andaman Islands, India Zoya Tyabji, Rima W. Jabado, Dipani Sutaria ABSTRACT: Overfishing is recognized as the most pervasive threat to sharks and rays globally. While there is increasing emphasis on ecological aspects of shark and ray fisheries, socio-economic considerations are often poorly incorporated into management policies.
Capture heats up sharks
Capture heats up sharks Lucy Harding, Austin Gallagher, Andrew Jackson, Jenny Bortoluzzi, Haley R Dolton, Brendan Shea, Luke Harman, David Edwards, Nicholas Payne ABSTRACT: Catch-and-release fishing is an important component of ecotourism industries and scientific research worldwide, but its total impact on animal physiology, health and survival is understudied for many species of fishes, particularly
Extremely low sample size allows age and growth estimation in a rare and threatened shark
Extremely low sample size allows age and growth estimation in a rare and threatened shark Peter M. Kyne, Jonathan J. Smart, Grant Johnson ABSTRACT: Understanding life history parameters is key to assessing biological productivity, extinction risk, and informing the management of exploited fish populations. Age-and-growth analyses in chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, rays, and ghost sharks) is
An overview on elasmobranch release as a bycatch mitigation strategy
An overview on elasmobranch release as a bycatch mitigation strategy Natascha Wosnick, Eloísa Pinheiro Giareta, Renata Daldin Leite, Ingrid Hyrycena, Patricia Charvet ABSTRACT: Sharks and rays are among the most threatened vertebrates, mostly due to commercial fisheries. Data on incidental capture is sparse, but it is estimated that about 50% of reported global catches of
Genital mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium marinum detected in two captive sharks
Genital mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium marinum detected in two captive sharks by peptide nucleic acid–fluorescence in situ hybridization Mari Inohana, Takeshi Komine, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Osamu Kurata, Shinpei Wada ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium marinum is a prevalent nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM)-infecting teleosts. Conversely, little is known about mycobacteriosis in elasmobranchs, and M. marinum infection has never been reported from the