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Assessing the Efficacy of the Shark Shield
Effects of the Shark Shield electric deterrent on the behaviour of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). Huveneers, C. et al June 2012 Final Report to SafeWork South Australia. SARDI Publication No. F2012/000123-1 SARDI Research Report Series No. 632. 61pp. PDF – DOWNLOAD
First record of spinetail devilray from the south-eastern Pacific Ocean
Published online on 25. May 2012 First record of Mobula japanica (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae) from the south-eastern Pacific Ocean Carlos Bustamante, Lydie I. E. Couturier and Michael B. Bennett ABSTRACT: The spinetail devilray Mobula japanica was recorded for the first time in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, from a single beach-washed specimen examined at Bahía Inglesa, Chile.
Records of Mobula rays from the waters between Gabon and Angola
Published online on 03. April 2012 Records of rays of the genus Mobula (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from the waters between Gabon and Angola (eastern tropical Atlantic) Caroline R. Weir, Bruno C.L. Macena and Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara ABSTRACT: The occurrence of the rays belonging to the genera Mobula (known collectively as the ‘devil rays’) and
First record of long nose chimaera from Bay of Bengal
Published online on 04. April 2012 First record of long nose chimaera Neoharriotta pinnata (Chondrichthys: Chimaeriformes: Rhinochimaeridae), from Bay of Bengal, India (north-eastern Indian Ocean) T.V. Suresh and S.M. Raffi ABSTRACT: Our paper describes the first record of Neoharriotta pinnata from the Bay of Bengal region of the Indian Ocean. A single specimen of a
On the by-catch of two porbeagle sharks in the Adriatic Sea
Published online on 07. June 2012 On the by-catch of two porbeagle sharks Lamna nasus in the central Adriatic Sea Umberto Scacco, Ivan Consalvo, Stefano DiMuccio and Leonardo Tunesi ABSTRACT: In July 2010 and August 2011 a subadult and an adult porbeagle shark Lamna nasus were respectively caught as by-catch by an artisanal fishery boat
First record of the pelagic thresher shark from the Lakshadweep Sea India
Published online on 27. March 2012 First record of the pelagic thresher shark Alopias pelagicus (Pisces: Alopiiformes: Alopiidae) from the Lakshadweep Sea, India K.V. Aneesh Kumar, S. Paresh Khanolkar, P. Pravin, B. Meenakumari and E.V. Radhakrishnan ABSTRACT: The pelagic thresher shark Alopias pelagicus is a large, wide-ranging Indo-Pacific Ocean pelagic shark. In this paper, the
Record of the goblin shark from Brazil
Published online on 08. May 2012 Record of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae) from the south-western Atlantic Getulio Rincon, Teodoro Vaske Júnior and Otto B.F. Gadig ABSTRACT: This paper reports the first well-documented specimen of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni in the south-western Atlantic, based on a mature male measuring 3152 mm
Proceedings of the First Pacific Shark Workshop
McFarlane, G., Arndt, U.M. and Cooper, E.W.T. (Eds.) (2012). Proceedings of the First Pacific Shark Workshop, December 13- 15, 2011, Vancouver, Canada TRAFFIC and WWF-Canada. Vancouver PDF – DOWNLOAD
Diversity of sharks and rays in Vietnam
PowerPoint Presentation by Tran Van Cuong Research Institute for Marine Fisheries (RIMF) Nguyen HoaiNam Department of Capture Fisheries and Resources Protection (DECAFIREP) PDF – DOWNLOAD
Identification of Rays through DNA Barcoding
Published on 11. June 2012 Identification of Rays through DNA Barcoding: An Application for Ecologists Florencia Cerutti-Pereyra, Mark G. Meekan, Nu-Wei V. Wei, Owen O’Shea, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Chris M. Austin ABSTRACT: DNA barcoding potentially offers scientists who are not expert taxonomists a powerful tool to support the accuracy of field studies involving taxa
Acanthodes and shark-like conditions in ancestor of modern gnathostomes
Published online on 13. June 2012 Acanthodes and shark-like conditions in the last common ancestor of modern gnathostomes Samuel P. Davis, John A. Finarelli & Michael I. Coates ABSTRACT: Acanthodians, an exclusively Palaeozoic group of fish, are central to a renewed debate on the origin of modern gnathostomes: jawed vertebrates comprising Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays and
Field Guide To Sharks of the Southeast Asian Region
By Ahmad Ali Annie Lim Pek Khiok SEAFDEC 2012 PDF – DOWNLOAD
Sharks and Rays in the Southeast Asian Region
PowerPoint Presentation CHONDRICHTHYANS BIODIVERSITY IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION By Ahmad Ali and Annie Lim Pek Khiok PDF – DOWNLOAD
Country Report on Sharks and Rays in Cambodia
PowerPoint Presentation Status and issue in the identification of Shark and rays species in Cambodia Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia 22-27 April 2011 Prepared by Dr. Chea Tharith Mr. Ky Vannarith PDF – DOWNLOAD
Diel use of a saltwater creek by white-tip reef sharks in Galapagos
Published in June 2012 Diel use of a saltwater creek by white-tip reef sharks Triaenodon obesus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) in Academy Bay, Galapagos Islands César Peñaherrera, Alex R. Hearn & Angela Kuhn ABSTRACT: White-tip reef sharks are common inhabitants of the shallow waters surrounding the Galapagos Islands, where several known aggregation sites have become touristic attractions.