There is a need to better understand the survivorship of discarded fishes, both for
commercial stocks and species of conservation concern. Within European waters, the …

Over the last few decades, much effort has been devoted towards quantifying and reducing
bycatch in marine fisheries. Of late, there has been a particular focus on sharks given that …

Since the 1970s the role of fishery bycatch as a factor reducing, or limiting the recovery of,
marine mammal populations has been increasingly recognized. The proceedings of a 1990 …

Management of fisheries around the world is challenged by fishing impacts on habitats,
bycatch species, threatened and endangered species, and even associated ecological …

ABSTRACT Aim South‐eastern Australia is a climate change hotspot with well‐documented
recent changes in its physical marine environment. The impact on and temporal responses …

Global marine wild‐capture landings have remained relatively stable for> 20 years;
however, there is a lack of credible fishing capacity and effort information required to assess …

Hammerhead sharks are among the most intriguing yet imperiled groups of large sharks
globally. Until recently, our understanding of their biology, movements, diet, and life histories …

Information on effects of fisheries capture on the physiology and post-release condition of
sharks is urgently needed to design and implement effective fisheries management plans for …

Most sharks, rays and chimaeras (chondrichthyans) taken in commercial fisheries are
discarded (ie returned to the ocean either dead or alive). Quantifying the post-capture …

Estimated declines in shark and ray populations worldwide have raised major, widespread
concern about the impacts of global fisheries on elasmobranchs. The mechanisms causing …