Acoustic telemetry is a popular approach used to track many different aquatic animal taxa in
marine and freshwater systems. However, information derived from focal studies is typically …

The ocean is a key component of the Earth's dynamics, providing a great variety of
ecosystem services to humans. Yet, human activities are globally changing its structure and …

Fisheries bycatch is the foremost threat to the conservation of many marine species.
Evaluation of alternative bycatch management strategies can account for the relative …

Elasmobranchs are highly diverse in movement, sensory capacity, and behavioural
responses to the environment, leading to differences in the function and nature of …

The advent of electronic tagging has seen vast advances in our understanding of marine top-
order predator movements over broad spatial scales. However, most studies are restricted to …

Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) are known to frequent nearshore environments,
particularly estuaries, resulting in interactions with humans. Knowledge of the behaviour of …

Highlights•Sharks maintained a small number of preferred associates and were not
gregarious.•Grouping was not strongly explained by nonsocial behaviours or site …

The blue shark (Prionace glauca) is a large predator in marine ecosystems, figuring as the
most common and abundant species in oceanic fisheries. For this reason, many studies on …

Following a series of shark attacks, local authorities in Reunion Island developed an
experimental shark control programme using innovative fishing gear, namely Shark …

As marine stocks and biodiversity are rapidly declining, the release of hatchery-reared
individuals into the wild is a species conservation measure aiming at replenishing stocks of …