Age and growth information is essential for stock assessment of fish, and growth model
selection may influence the accuracy of stock assessment and subsequent fishery …

In light of the global decline of mobulid populations and the necessity for sustainable
fisheries management, baseline data for population dynamics were collected from a …

The impact of shrimp trawl fisheries on slow-growing demersal sharks, skates and rays has
been widely documented. Yet, a lack of catch records and biological information has …

Abstract The Add-my-Pet (AmP) collection of data on energetics and Dynamic Energy
Budget (DEB) parameters currently contains 200 out of over 1100 extant species of …

Raja clavata is the most widespread and landed skate species in the Mediterranean Basin.
Despite its diffusion and economic importance, several aspects of its life history, such as age …

Rare and poorly studied species, like the endemic skates of the Mediterranean Sea, are
considered prone to high rates of extinction and threat because of non-optimal reporting and …

The study of age and growth is a fundamental component of fisheries science with important
applications in fisheries management, conservation, and branches of ecology. This chapter …

Despite being commonly recognized by the general public, knowledge about the biology
and life-history of electric rays is still scarce. Globally, according to the International Union …

Elasmobranchs (ie, sharks, skates, and rays) have survived five mass extinction events and
changed relatively little throughout their~ 450-million-year evolutionary history. Therefore …

The lack of information on age validation often affects ageing studies in cartilaginous fish,
even in the most common species. Recently, the annual growth band deposition pattern has …