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2013/14 State of the fisheries in Western Australia

2013/14 State of the fisheries in Western Australia

Status reports of the fisheries and aquatic resources of Western Australia 2013/14 Edited by W.J. Fletcher and K. Santoro Produced by the Fisheries Research Division based at the WA Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories Published by the Department of Fisheries PDF-DOWNLOAD    

Guide: Shark and Ray Handling Practices

Guide: Shark and Ray Handling Practices

Shark and Ray Handling Practices A guide for commercial fishers in southern Australia By the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, 2014 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Guide: Sharks of the Pisco Province, Peru

Guide: Sharks of the Pisco Province, Peru

Los Tiburones de la Provincia de Pisco ACOREMA, 2014 PDF – DOWNLOAD      

SSACN Newsletter Summer 2014

SSACN Newsletter Summer 2014

Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) Newsletter – Summer 2014 – PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Commercial Whale Shark Interaction Tours in Ningaloo Marine Park

Commercial Whale Shark Interaction Tours in Ningaloo Marine Park

COMMERCIAL IN-WATER WHALE SHARK INTERACTION TOURS IN NINGALOO MARINE PARK OPERATING FROM TANTABIDDI WESTERN AUSTRALIA PART OF THE NINGALOO COAST WORLD HERITAGE AREA EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION EOI 1 243 2014 EOI Closing Date 3:00pm (WST) Tuesday 16 September 2014 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Hawaii: Tiger Shark Biology and Movement

Hawaii: Tiger Shark Biology and Movement

Tiger Shark Biology and Movement: A Brief Summary Two-page handout, includes information about the 2012-2013 spike in shark incidents off Maui. State of Hawaiʻi Division of Aquatic Resources PDF-DOWNLOAD    

Disappearing Silky and Thresher Sharks

Disappearing Silky and Thresher Sharks

A fact sheet from The PEW Charitable Trusts Published in July 2014 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

A pre-COSEWIC assessment of Porbeagle Shark in Newfoundland and Labrador waters

A pre-COSEWIC assessment of Porbeagle Shark in Newfoundland and Labrador waters

Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) Research Document 2013/088 Newfoundland and Labrador, Maritimes, and Gulf Regions A pre-COSEWIC assessment of Porbeagle Shark (Lamna nasus) in Newfoundland and Labrador waters M.R. Simpson and C.M. Miri Published in April 2014 ABSTRACT: Reassessment of the Porbeagle Shark (Lamna nasus) has recently been proposed by the Committee on the Status

Reform options for the school and gummy shark component of the NSW Ocean Trap and Line Fishery

Reform options for the school and gummy shark component of the NSW Ocean Trap and Line Fishery

Published by the NSW Department of Primary Industries Public consultation paper: Reform options for the school and gummy shark component of the NSW Ocean Trap and Line Fishery First published April 2014 PDF – DOWNLOAD   –    

FAO Species Catalogue: Deep-Sea Sharks of the Indian Ocean

FAO Species Catalogue: Deep-Sea Sharks of the Indian Ocean

This volume is a comprehensive, fully illustrated Catalogue of the Deep–sea Sharks of the Indian Ocean. The present volume includes 8 orders, 23 families, 46 genera, and 117 species of shark–like fishes occurring in the Indian Ocean deep–sea.

Species composition of sharks in Southeast Asian region

Species composition of sharks in Southeast Asian region

Species composition of sharks in Southeast Asian region: Reanalysis of the study on sharks in 2003 and 2004 by SEAFDEC and ASEAN-SEAFDEC member countries Masaya Katoh and Ahmad Ali INTRODUCTION : One hundred seventy-four species of sharks have been recognized in Southeast Asian region (Ahmad & Lim 2012). Moreover, about 126 thousand tons of sharks,

Esperanza Indian Ocean Expedition 2013

Esperanza Indian Ocean Expedition 2013

Greenpeace Esperanza Indian Ocean Expedition 2013 Summary of findings 18 March – 17 May 2013 Published in October 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD  

Monitoring the recreational take of sharks in Australia

Monitoring the recreational take of sharks in Australia

Monitoring the recreational take of shark species of relevance to Commonwealth fisheries Katherine Cheshire, Peter Ward, Phil Sahlqvist and Rupert Summerson Published on 26. September 2013 OVERVIEW The Recreational Fishing Industry Development Strategy (RFIDS) study identified shark species of interest to recreational fishing and the Australian Government. Many sharks and rays are endemic to Australia.

Responsible Shark Management

Responsible Shark Management

PowerPoint Presentation Responsible Shark Use Glenn Sant – TRAFFIC CITES Symposium, Tokyo 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Climate change limits elasmobranch recovery potential in the German Bight

Climate change limits elasmobranch recovery potential in the German Bight

PowerPoint Presentation European Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change, June 2013 Climate change limits elasmobranch recovery potential in the German Bight: A meta-population approach based on historical distribution data Heino O. Fock, Wolfgang Nikolaus Probst, Matthias Schaber, Thünen-Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg, Germany PDF – DOWNLOAD