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Paternity testing using the poisonous sting in captive white-spotted eagle rays
Published online on 14. February 2013 Paternity testing using the poisonous sting in captive white-spotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari: a non-invasive tool for captive sustainability programmes M. Janse, A. L. Kappe, B. L. M. Van Kuijk ABSTRACT: A group of captive white-spotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari produced 20 offspring, with an unknown father. Part of
Abundance, distribution and habitat characteristics of winter skate in the Gulf of St Lawrence
Published online on 12. February 2013 Abundance, distribution and habitat characteristics of winter skate Leucoraja ocellata in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence: a population on the brink of extirpation? J. T. Kelly and J. M. Hanson ABSTRACT: Abundance indices of southern Gulf Leucoraja ocellata residing in Northumberland Strait, Canada, declined from 2001 to 2005,
FAO: Elasmobranchs of the Mediterranean and Black sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ELASMOBRANCHS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA: STATUS, ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS by Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai Bechir Saidi Samira Enajjar Rome, 2012 ABSTRACT: The authors have compiled published information on taxonomy, distribution, status, statistics, fisheries, bycatch, biologic and ecologic parameters on age and growth, food and
Migratory Patterns of US and Canadian Spiny Dogfish Stocks
PowerPoint Presentation Is Cape Cod a Natural Delineation for Migratory Patterns in US and Canadian Spiny Dogfish Stocks? December 2012 Roger A. Rulifson et al. PDF – DOWNLOAD
Defining the ecological impacts of spiny dogfish in New England
PowerPoint Presentation Temporal aspects of habitat utilization and interspecies competition: defining the ecological impacts of spiny dogfish in structuring the ecosystem dynamics of southern New England December 2012 Dr. James Sulikowski et al. PDF – DOWNLOAD
Population structure, spatial distribution and life-history traits of blacktip reef sharks
Published online on 08. February 2013 Population structure, spatial distribution and life-history traits of blacktip reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus J. Mourier, S. C. Mills, S. Planes ABSTRACT: During a survey of the population of blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus in Moorea (French Polynesia) between 2007 and 2011, population structural characteristics were estimated from 268 individuals.
Population metrics and movement of two sympatric carcharhinids
Published on 06. February 2013 Population metrics and movement of two sympatric carcharhinids: a comparison of the vulnerability of pelagic sharks of the southern Australian gulfs and shelves P. J. Rogers, C. Huveneers, S. D. Goldsworthy, W. W. L. Cheung, G. K. Jones, J. G. Mitchell and L. Seuront ABSTRACT: The dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus
Life-history traits of a small-bodied coastal shark
Published on 06. February 2013 Life-history traits of a small-bodied coastal shark Adrian N. Gutteridge, Charlie Huveneers, Lindsay J. Marshall, Ian R. Tibbetts and Mike B. Bennett ABSTRACT: The life histories of small-bodied coastal sharks, particularly carcharhinids, are generally less conservative than those of large-bodied species. The present study investigated the life history of the
FAO Catalogue: Sharks, batoids, and chimaeras of the North Atlantic
FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 7 Sharks, batoids, and chimaeras of the North Atlantic D.A. Ebert and M.F.W. Stehmann. 2013 ABSTRACT: This volume is a comprehensive, fully illustrated Catalogue of the Sharks, Batoid Fishes, and Chimaeras of the North Atlantic, encompassing FAO Fishing Areas 21 and 27. The present volume includes 11 orders,
Managing Fisheries and the Role of CITES
MANAGING FISHERIES AND THE ROLE OF CITES IWMC World Conservation Trust January 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD
First Record of the Grey Reef Shark from the Lakshadweep Sea
Published on 26. January 2013 First Record of the Grey Reef Shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, (Bleeker, 1856) (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the Lakshadweep Sea, India K.V. Aneesh Kumar, S. Paresh Khanolkar, P. Pravin, B. Meenakumari, E.V. Radhakrishnan SUMMARY: … Information available on the diversity and abundance of carcharhinid sharks in Indian waters is very meager though they
Long-term trajectory of some elasmobranch species off Tuscany
Published online on 21. January 2013 Long-term trajectory of some elasmobranch species off the Tuscany coasts (NW Mediterranean) from 50 years of catch data Alessandro Ligas, Giacomo C. Osio, Paolo Sartor, Mario Sbrana, Stefano De Ranieri ABSTRACT: The time series of elasmobranch catch rates off the Tuscany coasts (NW Mediterranean) were investigated by means of
Tapeworm Eggs found in fossilized shark feces
Published online on 30. January 2013 Tapeworm Eggs in a 270 Million-Year-Old Shark Coprolite Paula C. Dentzien-Dias, George Poinar Jr, Ana Emilia Q. de Figueiredo, Ana Carolina L. Pacheco, Bruno L. D. Horn, Cesar L. Schultz ABSTRACT: Remains of parasites in vertebrates are rare from the Mesozoic and Paleozoic. Once most parasites that live in
Two decades of annual skate catches in southern Gulf of St Lawrence
Published online on 25. January 2013 Two decades of annual landed and discarded catches of three southern Gulf of St Lawrence skate species estimated under multiple sources of uncertainty Hugues P. Benoît ABSTRACT: Estimating fishery impacts on commercially unimportant species is often hindered by limited and possibly biased data for landed and discarded catch, and
Genetic identification of Carcharhinus sharks from the SW Atlantic Ocean
Published online on 29. January 2013 Genetic identification of Carcharhinus sharks from the southwest Atlantic Ocean (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes) R. R. Domingues, A. F. de Amorim, A. W. S. Hilsdorf ABSTRACT: Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus exhibit subtle morphological differences that are difficult to observe because of the common practice of head and fin removal, making