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Delaware Shark Identification Guide

Delaware Shark Identification Guide

Delaware’s Most Commonly Misidentified Sharks Division of Fish and Wildlife 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Implementing CITES measures for sharks and manta rays

Implementing CITES measures for sharks and manta rays

Mundy-Taylor V. and Crook V. (2013) Into the deep: Implementing CITES measures for commercially-valuable sharks and manta rays. A TRAFFIC Report prepared for the European Commission. PDF – DOWNLOAD Please read the related Press Release by TRAFFIC here.  

Booklet: Global Shark Conservation

Booklet: Global Shark Conservation

Global Shark Conservation Sanctuaries for a Predator in Peril Published by PEW, July 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Review of Progress on the Defra Elasmobranch Conservation Plan

Review of Progress on the Defra Elasmobranch Conservation Plan

Policy paper Shark, skate, and ray conservation plan: progress review 2013 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Published: 19 July 2013 This document shows the findings of the 2013 review of progress towards implementing the conservation plan since its publication in 2011. PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Interim Guidelines: Great White Shark Cage Diving in New Zealand

Interim Guidelines: Great White Shark Cage Diving in New Zealand

Commercial Great White Shark Cage Diving New Zealand Department of Conservation Interim Guidelines July 2013 The Department of Conservation seeks feedback on the Commercial great white shark cage diving interim guidelines, July 2013. The purpose of the interim guidelines is to ensure the welfare of great white sharks by identifying potential risks to the animals

Status Review of Northeastern Pacific White Sharks under ESA

Status Review of Northeastern Pacific White Sharks under ESA

Status Review of the Northeastern Pacific Population of White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Under the Endangered Species Act Heidi Dewar, Tomoharu Eguchi, John Hyde, Doug Kinzey, Suzanne Kohin, Jeff Moore, Barbara L. Taylor, and Russ Vetter. 2013 BACKGROUND : In June and August of 2012, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received two petitions requesting that

NOAA BREP Report 2012: Shark Repellent Bait for Bycatch Reduction

NOAA BREP Report 2012: Shark Repellent Bait for Bycatch Reduction

Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program 2012 Annual Report to Congress National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service 2013 See Page 18 – 21 : Performance of a Long-Lasting Shark Repellent Bait for Bycatch Reduction during Commercial Pelagic Longline Fishing PDF – DOWNLOAD  

Stock status of the silky shark in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Stock status of the silky shark in the eastern Pacific Ocean

PowerPoint Presentation Alexandre Aires-da-Silva, Cleridy Lennert-Cody and Mark Maunder 4. Meeting of the IATTC Scientific Advisory Meeting La Jolla, USA, 29 April – 3 May 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

U.S. Actions to Achieve Shark Conservation

U.S. Actions to Achieve Shark Conservation

PowerPoint Presentation A Backdrop to Recent CITES Action Laura Cimo NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs ELI Seminar May 2, 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Progress and Opportunities in Global Shark Conservation

Progress and Opportunities in Global Shark Conservation

PowerPoint Presentation Elizabeth Wilson, Manager, Global Shark Conservation The Pew Charitable Trusts PDF – DOWNLOAD    

MMO Guidance on the protection of sharks, skates and rays

MMO Guidance on the protection of sharks, skates and rays

Guidance on shark, skate and ray species protected by fisheries and wildlife legislation By the Marine Management Organisation April 2013 We have produced guidance for commercial and recreational fishermen who may catch shark, skate and ray species (collectively known as elasmobranchs), and markets, merchants or any premises who may handle these species. It provides details

NOAA Shark Fin Guide

NOAA Shark Fin Guide

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-643 Visual Identification of Fins from Common Elasmobranchs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Abercrombie, D.L., Chapman, D.D., Gulak, S.J.B., and Carlson, J.K March 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD      

Shark bite scars on Sarasota Bay resident bottlenose dolphins

Shark bite scars on Sarasota Bay resident bottlenose dolphins

An analysis of shark bite scars on the Sarasota Bay resident bottlenose dolphin community and implications for habitat use By Krystan Wilkinson, MS Student, University of Florida January 2013 Nicks n Notches Predator-prey relationships have long been an interest of ecologists.  Such relationships are dynamic.  One false move may result in an individual being taken

FAO: Elasmobranchs of the Mediterranean and Black sea

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

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