Can shark resources be harvested sustainably? A question revisited with a review of shark fisheries

TI Walker - Marine and Freshwater research, 1998 - CSIRO Publishing
Sharks and other chondrichthyans are often described as long lived, slow growing and
producing few offspring. These biological characteristics, together with the common …

Susceptibility of sharks, rays and chimaeras to global extinction

IC Field, MG Meekan, RC Buckworth… - Advances in marine …, 2009 - Elsevier
Marine biodiversity worldwide is under increasing threat, primarily as a result of over-
harvesting, pollution and climate change. Chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, rays and …

The effects of fishing on sharks, rays, and chimaeras (chondrichthyans), and the implications for marine ecosystems

JD Stevens, R Bonfil, NK Dulvy… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The impact of fishing on chondrichthyan stocks around the world is currently the focus of
considerable international concern. Most chondrichthyan populations are of low productivity …

Experiences in the evaluation and implementation of management procedures

DS Butterworth, AE Punt - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 1999 - academic.oup.com
A synthesis of the authors' experience with the evaluation and implementation of
management procedures in Australasia, southern Africa, and the International Whaling …

Reproduction in fisheries science

TI Walker - Reproductive biology and phylogeny of …, 2011 - taylorfrancis.com
Population demography is based on simple models for constructing life tables from
reproductive and mortality parameters or on age-based models using Leslie matrices. Stock …

Standardization of catch and effort data in a spatially-structured shark fishery

AE Punt, TI Walker, BL Taylor, F Pribac - Fisheries Research, 2000 - Elsevier
The methods used to develop catch rate based indices of relative abundance for the school
shark Galeorhinus galeus resource off southern Australia are outlined. These methods are …

Is the collapse of shark populations in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico real?

GH Burgess, LR Beerkircher, GM Cailliet, JK Carlson… - Fisheries, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing fishing pressure on sharks stocks over recent decades has resulted in declines of
many populations and led to increasing concerns for their conservation. The extent of these …

A spatially disaggregated, length-based, age-structured population model of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the western and central Pacific Ocean

J Hampton, DA Fournier - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2001 - CSIRO Publishing
A spatially disaggregated, length-based, age-structured model for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus
albacares) in the western and central Pacific Ocean is described. Catch, effort, length …

Changing patterns of shark attacks in Australian waters

JG West - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
Although infrequent, shark attacks attract a high level of public and media interest, and often
have serious consequences for those attacked. Data from the Australian Shark Attack File …

Comparative population demography of elasmobranchs using life history tables, Leslie matrices and stage-based matrix models

HF Mollet, GM Cailliet - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2002 - CSIRO Publishing
Results of demographic analyses of four species of elasmobranchs were compared by use
of life-history tables, Leslie matrices, and several stage-based matrix models. Dasyatis …