Investigating single and multiple species fisheries management: stock status evaluation of hammerhead (Sphyrna spp.) sharks in the western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Three hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna spp.) are currently managed as part of the large coastal shark complex in the United States. Including multiple species in an assessment ignores the different stock dynamics of each individual species within the complex due to different life histories. This study c...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30989 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01182008-105214/ |