Among the hammerhead sharks, scalloped hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) have undergone
the steepest population declines worldwide. Due to their high susceptibility to exploitation …

Mexico is home to a broad biodiversity of shark species, and more than half of the sharks in
Mexican waters are distributed in the Mexican Pacific, with over 62 species recorded. This …

This work aimed to characterize the nursery habitat use patterns of the scalloped
hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini (SPL), in coastal areas of Jalisco and Colima, through …

Evidence-based environmental management is urgently required to enable progress
towards global conservation commitments. To fill large-scale biodiversity knowledge gaps …

Sharks have been of great cultural and socioeconomic importance in Mexico since the late
19th century, when the first fisheries were prosecuted in the Gulf of California to export fins to …

This study is the first description of the residency and diel movements of Sphyrna lewini at
the Revillagigedo National Park, Mexico. Eleven adult scalloped hammerheads of total …

Sphyrna lewini is a placental viviparous shark that uses coastal nursery areas in Jalisco,
Mexico, where pups stay 4–12 months. Changes in size or swimming speed may be …

Despite the intensive use of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the proximity of the Gulf of
California, there is no information regarding their levels in predatory shark species, which …

Juveniles of large hammerhead shark species occupy coastal nurseries before migrating
offshore to reproduce. In the central Gulf of California, artisanal elasmobranch fisheries have …

The scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) is a globally threatened shark species that has
experienced significant declines throughout its range due to overfishing, along with high …