A retrospective analysis of shark catches made by pelagic longliners off the east coast of South Africa and biology and life history of shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus.
Oceanic pelagic shark species are under threat worldwide as fishing effort increases and they are taken as both targeted and bycatch. It is widely recognized that the life history characteristics of sharks make them inherently susceptible to overexploitation and as a result many shark-directed fishe...
Main Author: | Foulis, Alan. |
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Other Authors: | Groeneveld, Johan. |
Language: | en_ZA |
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2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9987 |
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