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Distribution patterns and population structure of the blue shark (Prionace glau...
Coelho, Rui; Mejuto, Jaime; Domingo, Andrés; Yokawa, Kotaro; Liu, Kwang-Ming; Cortés, Enric; Romanov, Evgeny V.; da Silva, Charlene; Hazin, FábioThe blue shark (Prionace glauca) is the most frequently captured shark in pelagic oceanic fisheries, especially pelagic longlines targeting swordfish and/or tunas. As part of cooperative scientific efforts for fisheries and biological data collection, information from fishery observers, scientific projects and surveys, and from recreational fisheries from several nations in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans was co...
Pan-Atlantic distribution patterns and reproductive biology of the bigeye thres...
Fernandez-Carvalho, Joana; Coelho, Rui; Mejuto, Jaime; Cortés, Enric; Domingo, Andrés; Yokawa, Kotaro; Liu, Kwang-Ming; García-Cortés, BlancaThe bigeye thresher (Alopias supercilious) is occasionally caught as bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries targeting tunas and swordfish. Still, it is one of the least known and studied of all pelagic sharks, which hinders assessment of the status of its populations. As part of an ongoing cooperative program for fisheries and biological data collection, information collected by fishery observers and through sci...