An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, batoids and chimaeras) of the
world is presented. As of 7 November 2015, the number of species totals 1188, comprising …

Animal movements, in particular residency or return migrations (collectively defined as
'philopatry'), can shape population structure and have implications for management. This …

Marine tidal-stream renewable energy devices (MREDs) are beginning to move from
demonstration to early commercial deployment. However, the ecological impacts which may …

Estimating the demographic parameters of contemporary populations is essential to the
success of elasmobranch conservation programmes, and to understanding their recent …

This study provides the first report of an egg nursery for the Critically Endangered flapper
skate Dipturus intermedius and a description of the habitat, thus contributing towards our …

The concept of a stock of fish as a management unit has been around for well over a
hundred years, and this has formed the basis for fisheries science. Methods for delimiting …

Tope (Galeorhinus galeus) is a highly mobile elasmobranch in the temperate to subtropical
northeast Atlantic. It is highly migratory and has been shown to display complex movement …

The blue skate (Dipturus batis) has a patchy distribution across the North‐East Atlantic
Ocean, largely restricted to occidental seas around the British Isles following fisheries …

Abstract Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are widely used in marine management, but for
mobile species understanding the spatio‐temporal scale of management measures that is …

Skates are characterised by conservative body morphology which hampers identification
and leads to frequent taxonomic confusion and market mislabelling. Accurate specimen …