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Review of the Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation of Elasmobranchs in the Azores Region, Mid-North Atlantic

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
A vulnerable species group, such as, the elasmobranchs, in a data-deficient context presents a complicated management problem. Evidence suggests that the Azores islands, a remote archipelago on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, serve essential functions in the ...
Diya Das, Diya Das, Pedro Afonso, Pedro Afonso   +3 more
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Soft-bottom fishes and spatial protection: findings from a temperate marine protected area [PDF]

, 2018
Numerous studies over the last decades have focused on marine protected areas (MPAs) and their effects on fish communities. However, there is a knowledge gap regarding how species that live associated with soft-substrates (e.g., sand, mud) respond to ...
Abecasis, Anderson, Andrade, Ashworth, Audzijonyte, Bergseth, Blyth-Skyrme, Breslow, Bruce, Byers, Campbell, Chapman, Claudet, Claudet, Claudet, Claudet, Claudet, Cunha, Denney, Denny, De’Ath, Di Franco, Dimech, Donovan, Dufrêne, Eddy, Ellis, Erzini, Erzini, Fisher, Fréon, Gaines, García-Charton, García-Charton, Gell, Giakoumi, Gonçalves, Gonçalves, Grüss, Guidetti, Guidetti, Halpern, Halpern, Henriques, Henriques, Horta e Costa, Horta e Costa, Hunter, Hunter, Hutchings, Iannibelli, IUCN, Jennings, Legendre, Lester, Lima, Lubchenco, Micheli, Murawski, Myers, Oksanen, Osenberg, Pais, Pauly, Payton, Piet, Pipitone, R Core Team, Roberts, Roberts, Ross, Russ, Sala, Sciberras, Sciberras, Silva, Slatyer, Tetreault, Therneau, Underwood, Underwood, Vasconcelos, Villegas-Ríos, Vinagre, Vincent, Watson, Wiegand, Wilson, Zuur   +88 more
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Portuguese Artisanal Fishers’ Knowledge About Elasmobranchs—A Case Study

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The high economic value of fisheries was historically associated to commercial teleost fishes. Since the 1970s, despite some elasmobranchs becoming an important target or a bycatch, relatively little research has been carried out on this group because of
Priscila M. Silva, Célia M. Teixeira, Cristina Pita, Cristina Pita, Henrique N. Cabral, Susana França, Susana França   +6 more
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First reports of Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae), in Peru [PDF]

Check List, 2020
Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983, is one of the least-known shark species worldwide. We report the encounters of four megamouth sharks: one caught in a driftnet off Piura (November 2016; sex indeterminate),
Shaleyla Kelez, Rossana Maguiño Napuri, Alejandra Mendoza Pfennig, Oswaldo Caldas Martinez, Antonio Torres Carrasco   +4 more
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Age and growth of Zapteryx brevirostris (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae) in southern Brazil [PDF]

, 2018
Age and growth studies are fundamental to successful fisheries management. Zapteryx brevirostris (Muller & Henle, 1841) is distributed off the Brazilian continental shelf and this species is assessed as "Vulnerable" in the Red List of the International ...
Carmo, Wanessa P. D., Coelho, Rui, Favaro, Luis Fernando   +2 more
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Distribution and New Records of the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus griseus (Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae), from the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

Animals, 2022
The bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus, is a widely distributed demersal species found in tropical and temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, inhabiting continental shelves and slopes, islands, and mid-ocean ridges at ...
Jones Santander-Neto, Getulio Rincon, Bruno Jucá-Queiroz, Vanessa Paes da Cruz, Rosângela Lessa   +4 more
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Elasmobranch bycatch in the Italian Adriatic pelagic trawl fishery.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Elasmobranchs are among the most threatened long-lived marine species worldwide, and incidental capture is a major source of mortality. The northern central Adriatic Sea, though one of the most overfished basins of the Mediterranean Sea, supports a very ...
Sara Bonanomi, Jacopo Pulcinella, Caterina Maria Fortuna, Fabrizio Moro, Antonello Sala   +4 more
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Evidence for the first multi-species shark nursery area in Atlantic Africa (Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde)

Frontiers 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, Rui Rosa, Rui Rosa, Emanuel Nunes, Emanuel Nunes, Vasco Pissarra, Vasco Pissarra, Catarina Pereira Santos, Catarina Pereira Santos, Catarina Pereira Santos, Jaquelino Varela, Jaquelino Varela, Miguel Baptista, Joana Castro, Joana Castro, José Ricardo Paula, José Ricardo Paula, Tiago Repolho, Tiago Repolho, Tiago A. Marques, Tiago A. Marques, Tiago A. Marques, Rui Freitas, Catarina Frazão Santos, Catarina Frazão Santos, Catarina Frazão Santos, Catarina Frazão Santos   +26 more
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Age and growth of the highly exploited narrownose smooth-hound (Mustelus schmitti) (Pisces: Elasmobranchii) [PDF]

, 2017
The narrownose smoothhound (Mustelus schmitti) is the most exploited elasmobranch of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay and is considered endangered (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species).
Blasina, Gabriela Elizabeth, Lopez Cazorla, Andrea Cecilia, Molina, Juan Manuel   +2 more
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Foliculogénesis Ovárica en la Raya Marmorada, Sympterygia bonapartii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae) [PDF]

, 2011
Los Condrictios se han convertido en un recurso económico importante en las últimas décadas, siendo Argentina uno de los países que más explota tiburones y rayas, incluso a niveles que exceden los límites de varias especies.
Díaz Andrade, María Constanza, Estecondo, Silvia, Galíndez, Elena Juana, Lopez Cazorla, Andrea Cecilia   +3 more
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