Since the first investigation 25 years ago, the application of genetic tools to address
ecological and evolutionary questions in elasmobranch studies has greatly expanded. Major …

Many populations of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are experiencing severe declines
due to the high demand for shark fins in Asia, the activities of unregulated fisheries, and …

Cartilaginous fish are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic stressors and environmental
change because of their K-selected reproductive strategy. Accurate data from scientific …

The guitarfishes Pseudobatos horkelii and Pseudobatos percellens meet the criteria for
threatened status as Critically Endangered (CR) and Endangered (EN), respectively. Both …

Skates are characterised by conservative body morphology which hampers identification
and leads to frequent taxonomic confusion and market mislabelling. Accurate specimen …

The genetic structure and population connectivity of the Mediterranean endemic speckled
skate Raja polystigma were investigated in 10 population samples (N= 232) at 7 exon …

Abstract The Mediterranean starry ray (Raja asterias) populations within the Mediterranean
Sea are susceptible to high rates of bycatch in the multispecies trawl fisheries …

Fisheries management requires the best scientific knowledge on the exploitation and
conservation status of stocks. This is challenging for by-catch species, for which necessary …

The thornback ray (Raja clavata) is the most important chondrichthyan in terms of landings
in the Mediterranean Sea. Intense harvesting may induce negative genetic effects reducing …

Background The unique and complex paleoclimatic and paleogeographic events which
affected the Mediterranean Sea since late Miocene deeply influenced the distribution and …