Over the past two decades the number of fisheries targeting shark resources has increased
dramatically. A combination of factors, including relatively slow growth rate, low fecundity …

The reproductive diversity of extant cartilaginous fishes (class Chondrichthyes) is
extraordinarily broad, reflecting more than 400 million years of evolutionary history. Among …

We compared life-history traits and extinction risk of chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and
chimaeras), a group of high conservation concern, from the three major marine habitats …

A number of international and national organizations, both governmental and non-
governmental, have jurisdiction or influence over the management of marine fisheries, and …

Annual deposition of growth bands in vertebrae has been validated for many shark species,
and is now widely regarded as the norm. However, vertebrae are part of the shark's axial …

Understanding the habitat preferences of large marine vertebrates has only recently become
tractable with the widespread availability of satellite telemetry for monitoring movements and …

During two surveys in 2011 and 2013, we deployed pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs)
on subadult or adult porbeagles at the Bay of Biscay shelf break. We collected data that …

Shoou-Jeng Joung and Hua-Hsun Hsu (2005) Reproduction and embryonic development of
the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810, in the northwestern Pacific …

The golden cownose ray, Rhinoptera steindachneri, was one of the most abundant species
landed in artisanal elasmobranch fisheries in the northern Gulf of California (Baja California …

Prompted by recent concern about the stock status of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
in the North Atlantic Ocean, we examined reproductive data from 731 individuals (351 …