Elasmobranch bycatch distributions and mortality: Insights from the European tropical tuna purse-seine fishery

Despite bycatch of elasmobranch (sharks and rays) being a major concern in most fisheries worldwide, there is a lack of knowledge on their spatio-temporal species distribution, biology (life stage and sex-ratios), as well as their at-haulback mortality rate. Observer data from the French and Spanish...

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Main Authors: Lyndsay Clavareau, Philippe S. Sabarros, Lauriane Escalle, Pascal Bach, Francisco J. Abascal, Jon Lopez, Hilario Murua, Pedro J. Pascual Alayon, Maria Lourdes Ramos, Jon Ruiz, Bastien Mérigot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420307526