Ecological risk assessment of pelagic sharks caught in Atlantic pelagic longline fisheries

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Cortés, Enric ^a   Arocha, Freddy ^b   Beerkircher, Lawrence ^c   Carvalho, Felipe ^d   Domingo, Andrés ^e   Heupel, Michelle ^f   Holtzhausen, Hannes ^g   Santos, Miguel N ^h   Ribera, Marta ^a   Simpfendorfer, Colin ^f  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e DINARA   (Uruguay)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND MARINE RESOURCES   (Namibia)

^h INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Leslie matrix; Pelagic fisheries; Shark life history; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; FECUNDITY; GEAR SELECTIVITY; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISHERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALOPIAS SUPERCILIOSUS; ALOPIAS VULPINUS; CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMIS; CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; ISURUS PAUCUS; LAMNA NASUS; LAMNIDAE; PRIONACE GLAUCA; PTEROPLATYTRYGON VIOLACEA; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNA ZYGAENA;

EID: 77949766391     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2009044     Document Type: Article

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