The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 1: June 1994
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Publications
Chondros
IUCN newsletter readers interested in a broad-based coverage of sharks,
skates, rays, sawfishes and chimaeras may wish to subscribe to Chondros,
an international publication focusing on general and captive biology,
ecology, fisheries, management, conservation issues and human
interactions through technical articles, reviews, commentaries, editorials,
book and conference reviews, field research progress reports and news.
The current volume year, Vol. 5 (1994), will include articles on food
habits of rays at Pohnpei (Ponape) Island in the central Pacific, captive
biology of chimaeras, a review of white shark activity in the US Pacific
Northwest, telemetry of whale sharks in Western Australia, an overview
of elasmobranch field work by the editors and colleagues in Thailand in
1993 and the first in a two-part review of the batoid fishes of California.
In 1994 Chondros became a quarterly publication (it was formerly
seven slim issues per year), in response to subscriber interest in a broader
article base. New additions in Vol. 5 will include a twice-yearly
bibliography of recent chondrichthyan articles, books and proceedings;
a coastal and insular report section covering topics related to nearshore,
bay and estuarine environments; and expanded notations of new
publications available with ordering sources and price quotes.
Editorial staff assignments for Vol. 5 (1994) are: Managing Editor:
Madeline Oetinger (Kentucky Wesleyan College); Senior Editors: Sid
Cook (Argus-Mariner Consulting Scientists), Leonard Compagno (South
African Museum), John Stevens (CSIRO Marine Labs, Australia), and
Dominique Didier (The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia).
Subscription rates in US$: $22 domestic (US, Canada and Mexico);
$26 in all other countries. Student Rates: $17 domestic (US, Canada, and
Mexico); $21 all other countries. Terms and quotes for college and
research institution technical library rates are available on request. To
subscribe and for sample issues from back volumes, contact: Madeline
Oetinger, Chondros, 1003 Hermitage Drive, Owensboro, KY (USA)
42301-6004. Phone: (+1)502 683-7681: Fax: (+1) 502 926-3196.
Discovering Sharks
This volume is published by the American Littoral Society and edited by
S.H. Gruber (1991). It contains more than 20 papers on the life history
characteristics, origins, anatomy, reproduction, feeding biology,
movement, behaviour and management of sharks and is an extremely
good read and useful source of information. Published by the American
Littoral Society, Sandy Hook, Highlands, New Jersey 07732, USA.
Elasmoscope
Elasmoscope, a newsletter for shark and ray enthusiasts based in Europe,
is being compiled and distributed by the Sea Life Centres. Contact Rod
Haynes, Sea LifeCentre, Strandweg 13,2586 JK, Den Haas, Netherlands.
Sharks: Biology and Fisheries
The papers from the International Sharks Down Under Conference,
originally published in the Australian J. Marine and Freshwater Reseach,
Volume 43(1) have been compiled into the above hardback volume.
$A60 in Australia and $US70 elsewhere. It is available from CSIRO
Publications, P.O. Box ff9, EastMelbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia. Fax: +61 3 419 0459
Shark Conservation
The volume of the Proceedings of the International Workshop on the
Conservation of Elasmobranchs (edited by J. Pepperell, J. West and P.
Woon) held on February 24 1991 in Sydney, Australia, is now
available. It includes papers from sessions on conservation and
fisheries, and protective beach meshing in Australia and South Africa.
Soft-back. $A35 in Australia and New Zealand and $US30 (all other
countries); credit cards accepted. Contact John West, Taronga Zoo, P.O.
Box 20, Mossman, NSW 2088, Australia. Fax: +61 2 969 7515.
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