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Canada’s Progress Report on Implementation of Shark Conservation and Management Measures
Canada’s Progress Report on the Implementation of Key Actions Taken Pursuant to the National Plan of Action on the Conservation and Management of Sharks (March 2007) Fisheries and Oceans Canada July 2012 PDF – DOWNLOAD
Australia: 2nd Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks
Published on 9 Jul, 2012 at 19:23 in Conservation & Fishery, Documents / PDF, Fishery Management, Publications | Viewed times | No Comments
Australia’s National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks 2012 ( Shark-plan 2 ) Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry In July 2012 Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry released Australia’s second National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks 2012 (Shark-plan
Navigating Global Shark Conservation
Navigating Global Shark Conservation: Current Measures and Gaps July 2012 A new analysis by the Pew Environment Group, Navigating Global Shark Conservation Measures: Current Measures and Gaps, compiles existing management measures for sharks, highlights their inadequacies, and makes recommendations for improvements. PDF – DOWNLOAD
Estimating the Potential Impacts of Large Mesopredators on Benthic Resources
Published online on 3rd July 2012 Estimating the Potential Impacts of Large Mesopredators on Benthic Resources: Integrative Assessment of Spotted Eagle Ray Foraging Ecology in Bermuda Ajemian MJ, Powers SP, Murdoch TJT ABSTRACT: Declines of large sharks and subsequent release of elasmobranch mesopredators (smaller sharks and rays) may pose problems for marine fisheries management as
Morphological Characters of the Thickbody Skate
Published online on 29. June 2012 Morphological Characters of the Thickbody Skate Amblyraja frerichsi (Krefft 1968) (Rajiformes: Rajidae), with Notes on Its Biology Bustamante C, Lamilla J, Concha F, Ebert DA, Bennett MB ABSTRACT: Detailed descriptions of morphological features, morphometrics, neurocranium anatomy, clasper structure and egg case descriptions are provided for the thickbody skate Amblyraja
Shark Risk Management in Reunion Island
Review on the Progress of Reunion’s Shark Risk Management – Press Dossier 2. July 2012 Publication in French language: Préfet de La Réunion Point d’étape sur la gestion du risque requin Dossier de presse – 2 juillet 2012 PDF – DOWNLOAD
Methods to Estimate Total and Natural Mortality Rates
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-32 June 2012 A Workshop on Methods to Estimate Total and Natural Mortality Rates Using Mean Length Observations and Life History Parameters Please see page 4 – 11 : Pelagic Shark Using Observer Data from the Hawaii Longline Fishery: Blue Shark PDF – DOWNLOAD
Feeding and trophic relationships of mako and blue sharks in the Pacific Ocean
Published online in June 2012 Feeding and trophic relationships of two highly migratory sharks in the eastern south Pacific Ocean Lopez K., S., Barría M., P. & Meléndez C., R. ABSTRACT: A total of 433 stomachs of Prionace glauca and Isurus oxyrinchus. The results showed a high dietary overlapping (PSI = 0.69) in both sharks,
Record of a pregnant Bentfin Devil Ray and occurrence of Giant Manta Ray in Equatorial Atlantic
Published online in June 2012 Record of a pregnant Mobula thurstoni and occurrence of Manta birostris (Myliobatiformes: Mobulidae) in the vicinity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Equatorial Atlantic) Mendonça, S. A., Macena, B. C. L., Creio, E., Viana, D. L. & Hazin, F. H. ABSTRACT: In this study, the occurrence of a pregnant
Diet of the lesser electric ray in southern Brazil
Published online in June 2012 Diet of the lesser electric ray Narcine brasiliensis (Olfers, 1831) (Elasmobranchii, Narcinidae) in southern Brazil Ferreira, L. C. & Vooren, C. M ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to describe the diet of the lesser electric ray (Narcine brasiliensis) in the waters along the coast of Rio Grande do
Country Report on Sharks and Rays in the Philippines
PowerPoint Presentation Country Report Status and Issues in the Identification of Sharks and Rays in the Philippines PDF – DOWNLOAD
Live-bearing manta ray
Published online on 06. June 2012 Live-bearing manta ray: how the embryo acquires oxygen without placenta and umbilical cord Taketeru Tomita, Minoru Toda, Keiichi Ueda, Senzo Uchida and Kazuhiro Nakaya ABSTRACT: We conducted an ultrasonographic experiment on a pregnant manta ray, Manta alfredi (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea). This study showed how the embryo of the live-bearing elasmobranchs
Swim speed and tail-beat frequency of Greenland sharks
Published online on 08. June 2012 The slowest fish: Swim speed and tail-beat frequency of Greenland sharks Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Christian Lydersen, Aaron T. Fisk, Kit M. Kovacs ABSTRACT: Locomotory muscle function of ectothermic fishes is generally depressed in cold waters, making them vulnerable to avian and mammalian predators whose body temperature remains high. Paradoxically,
Is the Megamouth Shark susceptible to mega-distortion?
Published in 2012 Is the Megamouth Shark susceptible to mega-distortion? Investigating the effects of twenty-two years of fixation and preservation on a large specimen of Megachasma pelagios (Chondrichthyes: Megachasmidae) Brett A. Human, Susan M. Morrison and Ian D. MacLeod ABSTRACT: On 18 August 1988, the third reported Megamouth Shark (Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno and Struhsaker,
Pectoral fin scooping of a sharksucker from the flank of a blacktip shark
Published online on 14. June 2012 A Rare Use of a Shark’s Fin? Pectoral Fin Scooping of a Sharksucker from The Flank Area of a Female Blacktip Shark Erich K. Ritter ABSTRACT: Sharks react in a variety of ways when sharksuckers attach to their bodies. Here, an unobserved behavior is described in which a blacktip