Abstract Between October 2018 and 2019, seven megamouth sharks were reported as bycatch in the small-scale surface midwater gillnet fisheries operating from ports of Mancora Salaverry northern Peru. Here we present details these specimens events that represent first documented records this species Peruvian waters, confirming their occurrence bycatch. We recommend continued monitoring programs t...

Incidental catch of marine species can create ecological and economic issues, particularly for endangered species. The smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) is endemic to the Atlantic Ocean listed as Endangered in US Species Act. One its major threats bycatch mortality commercial fisheries. Despite protection afforded by Act, are still captured Acoustic satellite tag data collected on 59 betwe...

Gillnets are size-selective fishing gears commonly used by industrial and small-scale fishers, so understanding selectivity can aid fisheries management identifying suitable mesh sizes to optimize catches of target species while reducing bycatch. Few size parameters have been estimated for sharks, with even fewer rays. Size selection were seven sharks two rays from the Queensland East Coast Ins...

1 Fishing down the value chain: modelling the impact of biodiversity loss in freshwater fisheries-the case of Malawi. Abstract This paper considers the importance of the level of diversity in freshwater fisheries. An aggregated Gordon-Schaefer model, modified to include both environmental and bioeconomic diversity variables, is fitted to data from a gillnet fishery in Lake Malawi. Pressure on s...

Five spiny dogfish were captured in early-mid May during gillnet and longline sampling targeting juvenile coastal sharks in inshore North Carolina waters.  Dogfish captures were made within Back Sound and Core Sound, North Carolina. All dogfish were females measuring 849-905 mm total length, well over the size at 50% maturity. Dogfish were caught at stations 1.8-2.7 m in depth, with temperature...