Many populations of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are experiencing severe declines
due to the high demand for shark fins in Asia, the activities of unregulated fisheries, and …

Background The interplay of animal dispersal and environmental heterogeneity is
fundamental for the distribution of biodiversity on earth. In the ocean, the interaction of …

Bycatch in fisheries can have profound effects on the abundance of species with relatively
low resilience to increased mortality, can alter the evolutionary characteristics and …

Highly migratory, cosmopolitan oceanic sharks often exhibit complex movement patterns
influenced by ontogeny, reproduction, and feeding. These elusive species are particularly …

The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) was once considered one of the
most abundant and ubiquitous pelagic shark species in tropical seas globally. However …

The application of genome-wide cytonuclear molecular data to identify management and
adaptive units at various spatio-temporal levels is particularly important for overharvested …

Contemporary molecular biology provides information about entire genome sequences,
which are used in fields such as medicine, pharmacogenetics, and nutrigenomics. Apart …

Data required from fisheries monitoring programmes substantially expand as management
authorities transition to implement elements of ecosystem-based fisheries management …

The night shark, Carcharhinus signatus, is a mesopelagic, semi‐oceanic shark species
found only in the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the most frequently caught sharks in pelagic …

Understanding the population dynamics of highly mobile, widely distributed, oceanic sharks,
many of which are overexploited, is necessary to aid their conservation management. We …