Global estimates of shark catches using trade records from commercial markets

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1115-1126

  Clarke, Shelley C ^a   McAllister, Murdoch K ^b   Milner Gulland, E J ^b   Kirkwood, G P ^b   Michielsens, Catherine G J ^c   Agnew, David J ^b   Pikitch, Ellen K ^d   Nakano, Hideki ^e   Shivji, Mahmood S ^f  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e Fisheries Communities Promotion and Disaster Prevention Division   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Extrapolation; Fin; Fishery; Sampling; Species; Sustainable yield; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EXPLOITATION; MARKETING; SHARK; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARK; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARKS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 33748754014     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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