Recovery potential and conservation options for elasmobranchs

Coral reef fish communities in management systems with unregulated fishing and small fisheries closures compared with lightly fished reefs - Maldives vs. Kenya

(2011) T. R. McClanahan   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Examining the knowledge base and status of commercially exploited marine species with the RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database

(2011) Daniel Ricard et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Habitat use, movements and site fidelity of the gray smooth-hound shark (Mustelus californicus Gill 1863) in a newly restored southern California estuary

(2011) Mario Espinoza et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Business partner or simple catch? The economic value of the sicklefin lemon shark in French Polynesia

(2011) E. Clua et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

From hunters to nature observers: a record of 53 years of diver attitudes towards sharks and rays and marine protected areas

(2011) Sally Whatmough et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

The importance of research and public opinion to conservation management of sharks and rays: a synthesis

(2011) C. A. Simpfendorfer et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Decadal trends in shark catches and effort from the New South Wales, Australia, Shark Meshing Program 1950 - 2010

(2011) D. D. Reid et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean

(2011) B. A. Block et al.   NATURE

Global Diversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Sharks

(2011) Luis O. Lucifora et al.   PLoS One

An Unprecedented Aggregation of Whale Sharks, Rhincodon typus, in Mexican Coastal Waters of the Caribbean Sea

(2011) Rafael de la Parra Venegas et al.   PLoS One

Demographic Processes Underlying Subtle Patterns of Population Structure in the Scalloped Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna lewini

(2011) Holly A. Nance et al.   PLoS One

Assessing the Value of Recreational Divers for Censusing Elasmobranchs

(2011) Christine A. Ward-Paige et al.   PLoS One

Recovery of marine animal populations and ecosystems

(2011) Heike K. Lotze et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Reef shark declines in remote atolls highlight the need for multi-faceted conservation action

(2010) Nicholas A. J. Graham et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Retained fishing gear and associated injuries in the east Australian grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus): implications for population recovery

(2010) C. S. Bansemer et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Sharks in nearshore environments: models, importance, and consequences

(2010) DM Knip et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Environmental influences on the occurrence of coastal sharks in estuarine waters

(2010) J Froeschke et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Complexities of coastal shark movements and their implications for management

(2010) CW Speed et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Potential benefits to fisheries and biodiversity of the Chagos Archipelago/British Indian Ocean Territory as a no-take marine reserve

(2010) Heather J. Koldewey et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Large-Scale Absence of Sharks on Reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A Footprint of Human Pressures

(2010) Christine A. Ward-Paige et al.   PLoS One

Socio-economic aspects of the tiger shark diving industry within the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area, South Africa

(2009) M L Dicken et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Implications of recreational fishing for elasmobranch conservation in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

(2009) Ann-Maree J. Lynch et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Transequatorial Migrations by Basking Sharks in the Western Atlantic Ocean

(2009) Gregory B. Skomal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evidence of continued hunting of whale sharks Rhincodon typus in the Maldives

(2009) Morgan J. Riley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Seasonal cycles and long-term trends in abundance and species composition of sharks associated with cage diving ecotourism activities in Hawaii

(2009) CARL G. MEYER et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Inferring shark population trends from generalized linear mixed models of pelagic longline catch and effort data

(2009) Julia K. Baum et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

An integrated risk assessment for climate change: analysing the vulnerability of sharks and rays on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

(2009) ANDREW CHIN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Cascading top-down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances

(2009) Julia K. Baum et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Stock–Recruitment Dynamics and the Maximum Population Growth Rate of the Barndoor Skate on Georges Bank

(2009) Todd Gedamke et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Stock Assessment of Scalloped Hammerheads in the Western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

(2009) Christopher G. Hayes et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Population abundance and apparent survival of the Vulnerable whale shark Rhincodon typus in the Seychelles aggregation

(2009) David Rowat et al.   ORYX

Rebuilding Global Fisheries

(2009) B. Worm et al.   SCIENCE

Historical baselines for large marine animals

(2009) Heike K. Lotze et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays

(2008) Nicholas K. Dulvy et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Loss of Large Predatory Sharks from the Mediterranean Sea

(2008) FRANCESCO FERRETTI et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Assessing the importance of fishing impacts on Hawaiian coral reef fish assemblages along regional-scale human population gradients

(2008) I. D. WILLIAMS et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Effects of fishing on tropical reef associated shark populations on the Great Barrier Reef

(2008) M.R. Heupel et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Growth rates of juvenile smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata Latham in the western Atlantic

(2008) C. A. Simpfendorfer et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

The decline and recovery of four predatory fishes from the Southern California Bight

(2008) Daniel J. Pondella et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Differences in fish-assemblage structure between fished and unfished atolls in the northern Line Islands, central Pacific

(2008) EE DeMartini et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Baselines and Degradation of Coral Reefs in the Northern Line Islands

(2008) Stuart A. Sandin et al.   PLoS One

Reassessing the value of nursery areas to shark conservation and management

(2008) Michael John Kinney et al.   Conservation Letters

The importance of habitat and life history to extinction risk in sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras

(2007) V. B Garcia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES