Seasonal occurrence and environmental drivers of pelagic shark species in Los Cabos, Mexico, assessed using citizen science

CEC Pavía, F Mascareño Suárez, J Brunetti… - … Biology of Fishes, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Mexican Pacific is an area of high biodiversity due to its transitional location of
both tropical and sub-tropical waters and many shark species inhabit the coastal areas of …

An exploration of the population characteristics and behaviours of the white shark in Guadalupe Island, Mexico (2014–2019): Observational data from cage diving …

O Santana‐Morales… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the eastern North Pacific, the Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve (GIBR) is one
of the most renowned white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) aggregation sites studied to …

Seasonal trends in whale shark Rhincodon typus sightings in an established tourism site in the Gulf of California, Mexico

DA Whitehead, D Petatan Ramirez… - Journal of Fish …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The number of individual whale shark Rhincodon typus sightings registered October 2015–
March 2018 in Bahia de La Paz, Mexico, ranged from 73 to 129 animals per season (total …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of citizen science data: A case study in land-based shark fishing

KJ Gibson, MK Streich, TS Topping, GW Stunz - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Involving citizen scientists in research has become increasingly popular in natural resource
management and allows for an increased research effort at low cost, distribution of scientific …

Documenting historical changes in shark fisheries near Islas Marías, Mexico, using fishers' local ecological knowledge

JF Shaff, IAM Santiago, XE Ilosvay, J Tovar-Ávila… - Fisheries …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many shark species and populations are threatened globally due to human actions.
Protecting these top predators is crucial to maintaining healthy marine ecosystems; …

Statistical modelling reveals spatial, temporal, and environmental preferences for white sharks at an oceanic aggregation site

EE Becerril-García, RO Martínez-Rincón… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
Guadalupe Island, Mexico, is one of the most important white shark (Carcharodon
carcharias) aggregation sites in the Eastern Pacific. In the waters surrounding Guadalupe …

Multiscale analysis of factors that affect the distribution of sharks throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico

JM Drymon, L Carassou, SP Powers, M Grace, J Dindo… - 2013 - aquadocs.org
Identification of the spatial scale at which marine communities are organized is critical to
proper management, yet this is particularly difficult to determine for highly migratory species …

[HTML][HTML] Citizen science as a tool to get baseline ecological and biological data on sharks and rays in a data-poor region

MP Blanco-Parra, A Argaez Gasca, CA Reyes Rincón… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Mexican Caribbean is in one of the regions with the greatest diversity of elasmobranchs
in the world. However, the population status of most of the shark and ray species in this …

Distribution of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) off northern Peru based on habitat suitability

A Gonzalez‐Pestana, R Maguiño… - Aquatic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the south‐eastern Pacific Ocean, few studies of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) exist. In
Peru, the northern coast has been identified as the area with the highest presence of whale …

Conclusions: Do we eat them or watch them, or both? Challenges for conservation of sharks in Mexico and the NEP

O Sosa-Nishizaki, F Galván-Magaña, SE Larson… - Advances in Marine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mexico is a country that makes heavy use of the shark populations that inhabit the southern
portion of the Northeast Pacific Ocean (NEP). Shark meat has become an essential food …