Length at maturity of two pelagic sharks (Isurus paucus and Carcharhinus longimanus) found off northern Cuba

Diet shift and site-fidelity of oceanic whitetip sharks Carcharhinus longimanus along the Great Bahama Bank

Identifying the driving forces behind oceanic pelagic shark movements is key to a better understanding of their life history. Some oceanic pelagic shark species have been shown to aggregate in specific regions to mate and/or exploit abundant food resources. The oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus, a subtropical, ectothermic, oceanic pelagic shark that has experienced severe populatio...

Length at ¢rst maturity of two species of lantern sharks (Etmopterus spinax and Etmopterus pusillus) o¡ southern Portugal

Etmopterus spinax and Etmopterus pusillus are captured in large quantities in some deep-water ¢sheries along the Portuguese coast and are always discarded. Specimens were collected from February 2003 to May 2004 from deep-water ¢sheries and classi¢ed as mature or immature. Maturity ogives were ¢tted and size at ¢rst maturity estimated for each sex of each species. Both species are late maturing...

On the occurrence of the longfin mako, Isurus paucus (Chondrichthyes: Isuridae) off the Algerian coast (southwestern Mediterranean)

Compilation of information on blue shark (Prionace glauca), silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus), scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) and shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Indian Ocean

At the Ninth Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission in 2005, the commission adopted the resolution 05/05 , arising from the work of the Compliance Committee, concerning the conservation of sharks caught in association with fisheries managed by IOTC. It is stipulated that Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties (CPCs) shall annually report their data for shark catches, r...

Redescription of Dinemoura discrepans Cressey, 1967 (Copepoda: Pandaridae) parasitic on four species of sharks off southeast coast of Taiwan.

Dinemoura discrepans Cressey, 1967 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) is redescribed based on the specimens taken from four species of sharks caught off the southeast coast of Taiwan. The four species of sharks are: pelagic thresher, Alopias pelagicus Nakamura; bigeye thresher, A. superciliosus Lowe; blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller et Henle); and oceanic whitetip shark, C. ...