Increasing catch rates are considered the main impact of dynamic fisheries practices on
marine ecosystems, but other effects can be equally important and are often ignored. Here …

Large pelagic sharks are distributed throughout all of the oceans and are caught as bycatch
in pelagic longline fisheries worldwide. In the southern Atlantic Ocean, more than a dozen …

Globally, sharks are under enormous pressure from fishing efforts. One such species is the
silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, which occurs in all the Earth's tropical oceans and is …

Since 2004, governments and non-governmental organizations, together with the fishing
communities from nine countries, from Mexico to Peru, have implemented joint efforts to …

Pelagic fishes are well known to aggregate in large numbers under floating objects and this
behavior is frequently exploited by purse seine fisheries targeting tunas. Non-target species …

The silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, is a large-bodied, oceanic-coastal, epipelagic
species found worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters. Despite its commercial …

Abundance is commonly used to assess the status of wildlife populations and their
responses to changes in management frameworks. Monitoring abundance trends often …

The population genetic structure of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis in the Pacific
Ocean was studied by analyzing 14 haplotypes identified by sequencing a 732 bp fragment …

Illegal trade has greatly affected marine fish stocks, decreasing fish populations worldwide.
Despite having a number of aquatic species being regulated, illegal trade still persists …

This newly described chondrichthyan fauna from the late Miocene Chucunaque Formation
of Lago Bayano reveals a prolific and highly diverse assemblage from Panama, and one of …