Shark catches in the northwest region of Cuba;Captura de tiburones en la región noroccidental de Cuba

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 477-487

  Aguilar, Consuelo ^a,b   González Sansón, Gaspar ^b   Hueter, Robert ^c   Rojas, Eloisa ^a   Cabrera, Yureidy ^a,d   Briones, Alejandra ^a,d   Borroto, Raidel ^a,e   Hernández, Aracely ^a,e   Baker, Pamela ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Dirección de Regulaciones Pesqueras y Ciencia   (United States)

^e Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras MINAL   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuba; Gulf of Mexico; Shark catches; Species composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906848107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0718560X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3856/vol42-issue3-fulltext-8     Document Type: Article

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