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Variable post-release mortality in common shark species captured in Texas shore-based recreational fisheries

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
The practice of catch and release fishing is common among anglers but has been shown to cause unintended mortalities in some species. Current post-release mortality estimates used in coastal shark stock assessments are typically derived from boat-based ...
Addie L. Binstock   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Albinismo parcial en un embrión de tiburón puntas negras, Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhinidae: Chondrichthyes) del Pacífico oriental

open access: yesLatin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2015
Se reporta el albinismo parcial de un embrión macho de tiburón de puntas negras, Carcharhinus limbatus, capturado en aguas costeras mexicanas del Pacífico oriental.
Francisco Sancho-Vazquez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

At-vessel fishing mortality for six species of sharks caught in the northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
From 1994-2005 the Commercial Shark Fishery Observer Program (CSFOP) placed fishery observers aboard US bottom longline vessels engaged in directed fishing for sharks in the region from New Jersey to Louisiana, USA.
Burgess, George H., Morgan, Alexia
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Volitional Swimming Kinematics of Blacktip Sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, in the Wild

open access: yesDrones, 2020
Recent work showed that two species of hammerhead sharks operated as a double oscillating system, where frequency and amplitude differed in the anterior and posterior parts of the body. We hypothesized that a double oscillating system would be present in
Marianne E. Porter   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shark attacks in Dakar and the Cap Vert Peninsula, Senegal: low incidence despite high occurrence of potentially dangerous species. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2008
BACKGROUND: The International Shark Attack File mentions only four unprovoked shark attacks on the coast of West Africa during the period 1828-2004, an area where high concentrations of sharks and 17 species potentially dangerous to man have been ...
Sébastien Trape
doaj   +1 more source

Ecological drivers of shark distributions along a tropical coastline.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
As coastal species experience increasing anthropogenic pressures there is a growing need to characterise the ecological drivers of their abundance and habitat use, and understand how they may respond to changes in their environment.
Peter M Yates   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence for the first multi-species shark nursery area in Atlantic Africa (Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde)

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2023
This study describes the first potential multi-species shark nursery area in Atlantic Africa (Sal Rei Bay – SRB, Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde). From August 2016 to September 2019, 6162 neonates and juveniles of 5 different shark species were observed in ...
Rui Rosa   +26 more
doaj   +1 more source

Delineation and mapping of coastal shark habitat within a shallow lagoonal estuary.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Estuaries function as important nursery and foraging habitats for many coastal species, including highly migratory sharks. Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, is one of the largest estuaries in the continental United States and provides a variety of potential
Charles W Bangley   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population genetics of four heavily exploited shark species around the Arabian Peninsula. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The northwestern Indian Ocean harbors a number of larger marine vertebrate taxa that warrant the investigation of genetic population structure given remarkable spatial heterogeneity in biological characteristics such as distribution, behavior, and ...
Berumen, ML   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

La pesquería de tiburones oceánicos-costeros en los litorales de Colima, Jalisco y Michoacán

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2011
La pesquería de tiburón es una de las más importantes en el Pacífico mexicano, en la actualidad no se cuentan con los datos de la composición específica de las capturas de las diferentes flotas.
Angélica Cruz   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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