The seasonal importance of small coastal sharks and rays in the artisanal elasmobranch fishery of Sinaloa, Mexico

Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-531

  Bizzarro, Joseph J ^a   Smith, Wade D ^b   Castillo Géniz, J Leonardo ^c   Ocampo Torres, Arturo ^d   Márquez Farías, J Fernando ^e   Hueter, Robert E ^f  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^f Center for Shark Research   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Catch composition; CPUE; Gulf of California; Sex ratio; Size composition

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; RHINOPTERA STEINDACHNERI; RHIZOPRIONODON LONGURIO; SPHYRNA LEWINI;

EID: 77953731550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18099009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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