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Best Practice in the Prevention of Shark Finning

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)’s Fisheries Standard (FS) incorporates a shark finning component.

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Extinction Risk and Conservation of the World's Sharks and Rays

This report presents systematic analysis of threat for a globally distributed lineage of 1,041 chondrichthyan fishes-sharks, rays, and chimaeras.

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A Guide to Landing Shark Species with Fins Naturally Attached

As directed by the Shark Finning Prohibition Act (H.R.

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Allometric Relationships for Species Captured in Longline Fisheries from the Western North Atlantic

This report provides an update of allometric relationships for species commonly captured in the longline fisheries in the western North Atlantic.
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Diet of the Milk Shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae), from the Senegalese Coast

The diet of the milk shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus, from the Senegalese coast was investigated in 3600 specimens.
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Slow Growth of the Overexploited Milk Shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus) Affects its Sustainability in West Africa

This study estimates the age and growth of the milk shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus, from vertebrae age bands. From December 2009 to November 2010, 423 R.

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