Evaluating catch and mitigating risk in a multispecies, tropical, inshore shark fishery within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 710-721

  Harry, Alastair V ^a   Tobin, Andrew J ^a   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a   Welch, David J ^a,b   Mapleston, Amos ^a   White, Jimmy ^a   Williams, Ashley J ^a,c   Stapley, Jason ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^c SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^d Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcharhiniformes; coastal shark fishery; elasmobranch

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CAPTURE METHOD; CATCH COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; FOOD SECURITY; GILLNET; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; HEMIGALEIDAE; SPHYRNA; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 79958697778     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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