Thanks to the availability of the MEDITS survey data, a standardized picture of the
occurrence and abundance of demersal Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean has …

Diet and feeding strategy of the blackmouth catshark Galeus melastomus in the deep waters
of the eastern Ionian Sea were investigated. Sampling was carried out using experimental …

Commercial fisheries have dramatically impacted elasmobranch populations worldwide.
With high capture and bycatch rates, the abundance of many species is rapidly declining …

Data on the biology and ecology of Galeus melastomus are old/absent for the Southern
Tyrrhenian Sea, despite there being numerous studies in the wider area. A total of 127 …

Conservation and management of shark populations is increasingly becoming important in
many marine regions, since there is a growing body of evidence showing that several …

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays), which have peculiar and vulnerable life-history traits, are
highly threatened by fishing activities. Indeed, between 53% and 71% of Mediterranean …

Elasmobranchs, which include sharks and batoids, play critical roles in maintaining the
integrity and stability of marine food webs. However, these cartilaginous fish are among the …

Fishermen from 9 countries distributed throughout the Mediterranean Sea were interviewed
between May and December 2019 with the aim of compiling information about the current …

The study of the feeding ecology of marine predators is crucial to understanding their
ecological roles and advancing our knowledge of marine ecosystem functioning, especially …

Introduction Chondrichthyans (sharks, batoids and chimaeras) play key roles in the
regulation of marine food webs dynamics. However, more than half of the assessed species …