The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 4: July 1995
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Bibliography: technical reports and publications
Report of Japanese Society for Elasmobranch Studies, no. 31. December 1994.
The 44 page volume contains an editorial and six papers in Japanese,
including the following. Those marked * have English abstracts.
*Taniuchi, T. Some biological aspects of sharks caught by floating
longlines. I. Species, distribution, species composition and hook rates.
*Takada, K. Stranding of a megamouth shark in Hakata Bay.
*Kitamura, T. Electrophoretic analysis of the sharks.
Tanaka. S. Research of freshwater elasmobranchs in Lake Nicaragua.
The status and conservation of sharks in Britain
Philip Vas, 1995. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater
Ecosystems, 5:67-79.
This 'viewpoint' article notes the comparative lack of knowledge
on British sharks and their fisheries, and their lack of statutory
regulation despite the large numbers of sharks taken by both
commercial and recreational fisheries. The author sets out to review
the current landings of sharks in the British Isles and uses the data to
support the contention that immediate research should be undertaken
to collect essential life-history information so that: (i) accurate
assessments of current stock levels can be made and (ii) a long-term
fishery management plan can be developed.
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