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Shark Bycatch in U.S. West Coast Swordfish Fisheries
PowerPoint Presentation by Suzanne Kohin Shark Bycatch in U.S. West Coast Swordfish Fisheries Highly Migratory Species Program NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center La Jolla, CA PDF – Download
Porbeagle Shark Lawsuit by the Humane Society
Please see also our previous post ‘ The HSUS Files Lawsuits to Protect Porbeagle Sharks‘ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Case: 1:11-cv-01414 Assigned To: Roberts, Richard W. Assign. Date: 8/4/2011 Description: Admn. Agency Review Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief Plaintiff: The Humane Society of the United States Defendants: – Rebecca
Petition to list Skates under US Endangered Species Act
Published on 28 Aug, 2011 at 11:59 in Conservation & Fishery, Documents / PDF, Publications | Viewed times | No Comments
August 22, 2011 PETITION TO LIST FOUR SKATE SPECIES UNDER THE U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (1) THORNY SKATE (AMBLYRAJA RADIATA) (2) BARNDOOR SKATE (DIPTURUS LAEVIS) (3) WINTER SKATE (LEUCORAJA OCELLATA) (4) SMOOTH SKATE (MALACORAJA SENTA) Petitioners: ‘WildEarth Guardians’ and ‘Friends of Animals’ PDF Download
Field Guide to Elasmobranchs of Arabia
A field guide to the elasmobranchs of south-east Arabia Part one: Sharks PDF Download A field guide to the elasmobranchs of south-east Arabia Part two: Guitarfishes and sawfishes PDF Download
Article: South African shark diving roils up a bloody argument
PDF File (scan) of an article published in ‘ The Wenatchee World ‘ on 28 July 2011. PDF Download.
Habitat Preference of Juvenile Lemon Sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) in South Eleuthera, Bahamas
by Georgianna Anderson, Samantha Essig, Nick Manning, Brett McQuaide, Caroline Schoen, Anne Vetter. Advisors: Ian Hamilton and Al Pickard. PDF – Download
Deep-Sea Shark Species for Consideration of a Cites Listing
Published on 22 Jul, 2011 at 19:02 in Conservation & Fishery, Documents / PDF, Front Page, Publications | Viewed times | No Comments
Twenty-fifth meeting of the Animals Committee Geneva, (Switzerland), 18-22 July 2011 DEEP-SEA SHARK SPECIES FOR CONSIDERATION OF A CITES LISTING This information document (link to pdf below) has been submitted by the CITES Secretariat at the request of the Pew Environment Group. Deep-sea shark species are extremely vulnerable to overexploitation, deep-sea fisheries are largely unregulated,
Discussion paper for Grey Nurse Shark Protection in NSW Australia
Published on 20 Jul, 2011 at 18:43 in Documents / PDF, Front Page, Publications | Viewed times | No Comments
Published in May 2011 by NSW Government – Department of Primary Industries. This discussion paper has been prepared to form the basis for community consultation on the future of grey nurse shark protection arrangements in NSW. The paper reviews the conservation history and status of grey nurse sharks and sets out some of the current
CITES Sharks on the Agenda of the 25th Meeting of the Animals Committee
Published on 18 Jul, 2011 at 19:27 in Documents / PDF, Front Page, Publications | Viewed times | No Comments
19 July 2011 Twenty-fifth meeting of the Animals Committee Geneva (Switzerland), 18-22 July 2011 Links to PDF-Downloads : Conservation and management of sharks Report on the implementation of NPOA-Sharks and regional plans, and on relevant information from the range States. Annex 2 (in the language in which the documents were submitted): Annex 2 –
CMS: Proposal for Inclusion of Giant Manta Ray in Appendix I and II
Published on 16 Jul, 2011 at 19:44 in Documents / PDF, Front Page, Publications | Viewed times | No Comments
Conference of the Parties to CMS November 2011, Bergen, Norway. the Government of Ecuador has submitted the following proposal for amendment
US Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishery The preliminary landings estimates in metric tons
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 15 July 2011. Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishery – Update The preliminary landings estimates in metric tons (mt) and pounds (lb) dressed weight (dw) for the Atlantic Shark commercial fisheries from January 1, 2011, through June 30, 2011. PDF Download .
Effects of EMFs from Undersea Power Cables on Elasmobranchs and other Marine Species
Published in May 2011. Normandeau, Exponent, T. Tricas, and A. Gill. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Anthropogenic electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have been introduced into the marine environment around the world and from a wide variety of sources for well over a century. Despite this, little is known about potential ecological impacts from EMFs. For decades, power transmission cables
US Federal Register: Endangered Status for the Largetooth Sawfish
We, NMFS, issue a final determination to list the largetooth sawfish (Pristis perotteti) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended
Cuba s shark fisheries characterization pilot project
PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. Consuelo Aguilar Betancourt and Dr. Gaspar Gonzalez Sanson (2011) Cuba’s shark fisheries characterization pilot project PDF – Download
Shark fisheries monitoring: the importance to study the storage plants dynamic
PowerPoint Presentation by Juan Carlos Pérez-Jiménez et al. (2011) Monitoreo de las pesquerías de tiburones: la importancia de estudiar la dinámica de las bodegas de acopio Shark fisheries monitoring: the importance to study the storage plants dynamic PDF Download