Advances in understanding the roles and benefits of nursery areas for elasmobranch populations

MR Heupel, S Kanno, APB Martins… - Marine and …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Nursery areas are critical to the survival of many marine species, and it is widely accepted
that elasmobranch species use nursery areas where they improve species fitness. A 2007 …

Satellite remote sensing in shark and ray ecology, conservation and management

MJ Williamson, EJ Tebbs, TP Dawson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Global elasmobranch populations have declined dramatically over the past 50 years, and
continued research into the drivers of their habitats and distributions is vital for improved …

Using movement models and systematic conservation planning to inform marine protected area design for a multi-species predator community

MPM van Zinnicq Bergmann, TL Guttridge… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly applied to regulate fishing and conserve
marine biodiversity. Yet, MPAs are often designed without sufficient ecological knowledge of …

Sensitivity of a shark nursery habitat to a changing climate

DP Crear, RJ Latour, MAM Friedrichs… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
Nursery area habitats such as estuaries are vital for the success of many fish populations.
Climate change is altering conditions in these areas, which can thus impact the availability …

Identifying priority habitat for conservation and management of Australian humpback dolphins within a marine protected area

TN Hunt, SJ Allen, L Bejder, GJ Parra - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Increasing human activity along the coast has amplified the extinction risk of inshore
delphinids. Informed selection and prioritisation of areas for the conservation of inshore …

Quantifying shark depredation in a recreational fishery in the Ningaloo Marine Park and Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia

JD Mitchell, DL McLean, SP Collin, S Taylor… - Marine Ecology …, 2018 - int-res.com
Shark depredation, where a shark consumes a hooked fish before it can be retrieved to the
fishing vessel, can occur in recreational fisheries. This may cause higher mortality rates in …

Dead tired: evaluating the physiological status and survival of neonatal reef sharks under stress

IA Bouyoucos, OC Weideli, S Planes… - Conservation …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Marine protected areas (MPAs) can protect shark populations from targeted fisheries, but
resident shark populations may remain exposed to stressors like capture as bycatch and …

Effects of climate change and variability on large pelagic fish in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean: implications for improving climate resilient management for pelagic …

A Dell'Apa, R Boenish, R Fujita… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Climate change influences marine environmental conditions and is projected to increase
future environmental variability. In the North Atlantic, such changes will affect the behavior …

Practical measures for sustainable shark fisheries: Lessons learned from an Indonesian targeted shark fishery

I Yulianto, H Booth, P Ningtias, T Kartawijaya… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Overfishing is a major threat to the survival of shark species, primarily driven by international
trade in high-value fins, as well as meat, liver oil, skin and cartilage. The Convention on the …

Estimating marine protected area network benefits for reef sharks

G Martín, M Espinoza, M Heupel… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Animal movement has direct applications in spatial management and conservation
planning, yet it is rarely taken into account for the design of natural protected areas. For …