Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

MA MacNeil, DD Chapman, M Heupel… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Decades of overexploitation have devastated shark populations, leaving considerable doubt
as to their ecological status,. Yet much of what is known about sharks has been inferred from …

Reef shark science–key questions and future directions

MR Heupel, YP Papastamatiou, M Espinoza… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The occurrence of sharks on coral reefs has been well documented for decades, especially
since the advent of SCUBA diving. Despite this, it is only within the last decade that …

Evidence for rapid recovery of shark populations within a coral reef marine protected area

CW Speed, M Cappo, MG Meekan - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
There is limited evidence on the rate at which the shark populations of coral reefs can
rebound from over-exploitation, the baselines that might signify when recovery has occurred …

Growth and life history variability of the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) across its range

D Bradley, E Conklin, YP Papastamatiou… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
For broadly distributed, often overexploited species such as elasmobranchs (sharks and
rays), conservation management would benefit from understanding how life history traits …

Age, growth and maturity of oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) from Papua New Guinea

BM D'Alberto, A Chin, JJ Smart, L Baje… - Marine and …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) in the Western Central Pacific have
been overfished and require improved assessment and management to enable planning of …

[HTML][HTML] Crossing lines: a multidisciplinary framework for assessing connectivity of hammerhead sharks across jurisdictional boundaries

A Chin, CA Simpfendorfer, WT White, GJ Johnson… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Conservation and management of migratory species can be complex and challenging.
International agreements such as the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) provide …

Elemental analysis of vertebrae discerns diadromous movements of threatened non‐marine elasmobranchs

MI Grant, PM Kyne, J James, Y Hu… - Journal of fish …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
River sharks (Glyphis spp.) and some sawfishes (Pristidae) inhabit riverine environments,
although their long‐term habitat use patterns are poorly known. We investigated the …

Age, growth and maturity of the Australian sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon taylori from the Gulf of Papua

L Baje, JJ Smart, A Chin, WT White… - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Coastal sharks with small body sizes may be among the most productive species of
chondrichthyans. The Australian sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon taylori) is one of the …

Spatially explicit risk assessment of marine megafauna vulnerability to Indian Ocean tuna fisheries

L Roberson, C Wilcox, G Boussarie, E Dugan… - Fish and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
By‐catch is the most significant direct threat marine megafauna face at the global scale.
However, the magnitude and spatial patterns of megafauna by‐catch are still poorly …

[HTML][HTML] New records of sharks (Elasmobranchii) from the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago in India with notes on current checklists

Z Tyabji, RW Jabado, D Sutaria - Biodiversity data journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The diversity of sharks occurring off the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago in India has
received increased attention in recent years. Yet, available checklists are out of date, often …