The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 10: January 1998
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First Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Elasmobranch Study (SBEEL), July 1997
The First Meeting of the Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo de
Elasmobranquios took place in Ilheus, State of Bahia, from July 27 to
August 2, 1997. The official languages of the meeting were Portuguese,
Spanish and English. There were about 70 participants from Brazil
and neighbouring countries, including visiting Shark Specialist Group
members Dr Samuel Gruber, Dr Jose Castro and Dr Merry Camhi
from the USA, Dr Terry Walker from Australia, and Dr Roberto Menni
from Argentina. Activities included workshops, panel discussions
and contributed papers (oral and posters). Topics covered age
determination in sharks, the conservation of elasmobranchs,
international cooperation in the study and management of fisheries,
behaviour, reproductive migrations, chondrichthyan communities
in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, future research priorities,
shark attack, and biology and fisheries.
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