Interest in elasmobranch biodiversity and taxonomy has grown in recent years, catalyzed
primarily by four influences:(1) the large number of new species that have been described …

Many shark populations are in decline, primarily due to overexploitation. In response,
conservation measures have been applied at differing scales, often severely restricting sales …

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

DNA barcoding was successfully used for the accurate identification of chondrichthyans in
the Indian commercial marine fishery. About 528 specimens of 111 chondrichthyan species …

Although the spread of sushi restaurants in the European Union and United States is a
relatively new phenomenon, they have rapidly become among the most popular food …

Simple Summary One-third of shark and ray species are threatened due to overfishing, but a
lack of information on each species makes conservation decisions difficult. To address this …

Skates are widely consumed across the globe, but many large species are subject to
considerable concern regarding their conservation and management. Within Europe such …

A large‐scale comprehensive reference library of DNA barcodes for European marine fishes
was assembled, allowing the evaluation of taxonomic uncertainties and species genetic …

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 …