Elasmobranchs are heavily impacted by fishing. Catch statistics are grossly underestimated
due to missing data from various fishery sectors such as small-scale fisheries. Marine …

The conservation of threatened elasmobranchs in tropical regions is challenging due to high
local reliance on aquatic and marine resources. Due primarily to fishing pressure, river …

The reproductive biology of thresher shark species of the Ecuadorian Pacific was analysed
based on 1236 specimens of Alopias pelagicus (711 females and 525 males) and 354 of A …

River sharks (Glyphis spp.) and some sawfishes (Pristidae) inhabit riverine environments,
although their long‐term habitat use patterns are poorly known. We investigated the …

Size limits are a common fisheries management strategy that are applied to many fisheries
and species. Most size limits use a minimum legal size to protect adult fish as per the …

One‐third of all elasmobranch species currently known to occur in Papua New Guinea are
taken as bycatch in the Gulf of Papua trawl fishery. An ecological risk assessment was …

Although sharks have a fundamental role in maintaining the balance of aquatic ecosystems,
exerting a great influence on lower levels of the food chain, their populations are declining …

Life history traits, such as age, growth, and maturity, are essential in fisheries management.
However, Alopias pelagicus lacks the age and growth parameters in Ecuador, despite being …

El tiburón martillo, Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758), es una especie de gran interés
biológico, ecológico y económico para el Ecuador. Sin embargo, hasta hace algunos años …

[ES] Se proporciona información nueva y actualizada sobre la composición de especies,
estacionalidad, estructuras de tallas, proporción sexual, relaciones morfométricas y talla de …