Close to extinction? The collapse of the endemic daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus) off Brazil
The daggernose shark, Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus is endemic to the northern of South America from Trinidad and Tobago to Tubarão bay in Maranhão state (Brazil) where collapsed since the 1990’s, due to several gillnet fisheries for teleost fishes, fisheries targeting sharks, including the daggernose sh...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-07-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989415300536 |