Fish market surveys indicate unsustainable elasmobranch fisheries in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea

Fisheries Research

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 356-364

  Spaet, Julia L Y ^a   Berumen, Michael L ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Indian Ocean; New species records; Ray; Shark

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84908190453     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.08.022     Document Type: Article

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