Fisheries ecological knowledge, FEK: Contribution to the knowledge of the ecology and distribution of houndsharks and dogfish shark (family Triakidae and Squalidae) in the Canary Islands. [PDF]
Luque Cabrera R +7 more
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ABSTRACT Freshwater molluscs are key bioindicators of ecosystem health, yet their conservation status and data coverage in sub‐Saharan Africa remain poorly understood. Mollusca is the third most evaluated phylum on the IUCN Red List in Africa, with 1394 species assessed (656 freshwater), of which 39.6% are Least Concern and 12% Critically Endangered ...
Marcel Kruger +2 more
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Assessing Loggerhead Turtle Exposure to Fisheries in Northwest Africa: Predicted Risk and Management Gaps. [PDF]
Bowler AI +7 more
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Tourism, human–wildlife interactions, and wildlife trade in the globalizing Amazon
Tourism in the globalizing Peruvian Amazon contributes to harmful human–wildlife interactions and the wildlife trade, with tourists participating in activities such as handling wildlife, taking selfies with animals, purchasing live animals, and wild meat consumption.
Christian J. Rivera +7 more
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Data-Limited Stock Status Assessment of Bonga Shad, <i>Ethmalosa fimbriata</i> (Bowdich, 1825) and Lesser African Threadfin, <i>Galeoides decadactylus</i> (Bloch, 1795) in the Central Gulf of Guinea. [PDF]
Atem EE +5 more
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Examining the efficacy of a sanctuary to protect sharks in the Galapagos Marine Reserve
Abstract In 2016, Ecuador established a no‐take marine sanctuary in the northern portion of the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR), ostensibly to protect sharks. Arguably because of this, experimental longlining was permitted in the rest of the reserve as part of a compensation package to local fishers. Considering this agreement and very low bycatch rates
Leah R. Gerber +3 more
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Seychelles Artisanal Fisheries Statistics for 2011.
During 2011, a total of 2867.5 MT of fish was landed on Mahé, Praslin and La Digue by approximately 424 fishing boats where 91% of the total catch was landed on Mahé. The total artisanal catch increased by 270.9MT whilst the number of boats operating decreased by 14.6 vessels (excluding sport fishing vessels) respectively compared to 2010.
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Competition and payments to African chiefs on the Gold Coast during the slave trade, 1679‒1704
Abstract The manuscript records of the Royal African Company show that the Company paid African chiefs for access to trade along the caravan routes on the Gold Coast in the seventeenth century. This paper documents and examines these payments. Using an event study, I establish that after the Glorious Revolution in 1688 when the Company's monopoly in ...
Jose Rowell Corpuz
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Spatio-temporal overlap between purse seine fisheries and Humboldt penguin feeding areas in northern Chile. [PDF]
Bastías-Aguilar I +4 more
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ABSTRACT Bycatch remains a critical challenge in global fisheries, even when using selective gears such as longlines. In the French longline fishery targeting Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Gulf of Lion, the common pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea) is the primary bycatch species.
Antoine Landreau +5 more
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