More than 33 skate species have been registered in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (SAO)
34° S, where hotspots of the endemic threatened marine chondrichthyans with high scientific …

Over the past thirty years catches of skates have increased in the western Atlantic as a result
of targeted fisheries and as by-catch. Presently, sustainable harvest levels for skates in the …

Abstract Three species of Southern Ocean skates, Bathyraja eatonii, Bathyraja irrasa and
Bathyraja murrayi, are commonly caught as incidental by-catch in fisheries around Heard …

Elasmobranchs are k-strategy species with low reproduction rate and slow growth lending to
increased anthropogenic vulnerability. Specific management measures to improve the …

Globally, commercial fisheries have had a strong impact on elasmobranch populations
directly through high catch rates and indirectly through bycatch. Consequently, the …

Recent declines in abundance of skate (Family Rajidae) on the eastern Scotian Shelf have
heightened the need for life history parameter estimates in this region. A total of 700 winter …

The yellownose skate (Dipturus chilensis) is one of the most important component of the
commercial elasmobranch fishery off Chile with an extensive distribution range from 36° …

The spotback skate Atlantoraja castelnaui (Arhynchobatidae) is a large and threatened
skate species subjected to fishing pressure, endemic to the Southwest Atlantic that occurs …

Mature thorny (Amblyraja radiata), winter (Leucoraja ocellata), and smooth (Malacoraja
senta) skates have declined to very low abundance in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence …

Skates (family Rajidae) are benthic elasmobranchs that are highly vulnerable to incidental
fishery bycatch, are discarded at sea, and are poorly accounted for in catch records. Many …