High connectivity of the crocodile shark between the Atlantic and Southwest Indian Oceans: highlights for conservation.

High connectivity of the crocodile shark between the Atlantic and Southwest Indian Oceans: highlights for conservation.

Among the various shark species that are captured as bycatch in commercial fishing operations, the group of pelagic sharks is still one of the least studied and known. Within those, the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai, a small-sized lamnid shark, is occasionally caught by longline vessel...

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Main Authors: Bruno Lopes da Silva Ferrette, Fernando Fernandes Mendonça, Rui Coelho, Paulo Guilherme Vasconcelos de Oliveira, Fábio Hissa Vieira Hazin, Evgeny V Romanov, Claudio Oliveira, Miguel Neves Santos, Fausto Foresti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4331560?pdf=render

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