Over the past two decades the number of fisheries targeting shark resources has increased
dramatically. A combination of factors, including relatively slow growth rate, low fecundity …

It is important to understand the ages, growth characteristics, maturation processes, and
longevity of fishes to assess their current population status and to predict how their …

This report provides a review of our knowledge of the bycatches, defined as discarded dead,
from the tropical tuna purse seine fisheries of the world. The major fishing grounds involved …

Large marine fishes typically have little population genetic structure. The exceptions are
associated with sedentary behaviour, disjunct distributions, or reproductive philopatry …

This status review report was conducted in response to a petition to list the scalloped
hammerhead shark under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)(WildEarth Guardians and …

Age and growth estimates for the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, derived from vertebral
centra of 258 specimens (118 males, 140 females), ranging in size from 64 to 340 cm fork …

Baseline, species-specific information is largely unavailable for artisanal elasmobranch
fisheries, but is essential for the monitoring of exploited populations and the development of …

The life histories of two globally endangered hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini and
Sphyrna mokarran, were examined using samples collected from a range of commercial …

This publication is a compilation of species profiles for 139 important marine linefish species
from 38 families caught in southern African waters, including both teleosts and …

The ability to perform age determinations based on the examination of hard anatomical parts
is of fundamental importance in fisheries research. Precise and accurate age information is …