A ray of hope? The re‐appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction
Abstract A 2019 photograph of a blue skate Dipturus batis caught in Welsh waters is the first species‐specific evidence of the “common skate” complex occurring in its former range in the main body of the Irish Sea over four decades after it was considered to have been extirpated there. This possible...
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crwiley:10.1111/jfb.15385 2024-06-23T07:52:12+00:00 A ray of hope? The re‐appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction Moore, Alec B.M. 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15385 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.15385 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Journal of Fish Biology volume 102, issue 6, page 1503-1505 ISSN 0022-1112 1095-8649 journal-article 2023 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15385 2024-06-06T04:24:04Z Abstract A 2019 photograph of a blue skate Dipturus batis caught in Welsh waters is the first species‐specific evidence of the “common skate” complex occurring in its former range in the main body of the Irish Sea over four decades after it was considered to have been extirpated there. This possible precursor to recolonisation of former range adds to growing evidence for the recovery of skate species in the North Atlantic and highlights the valuable role of anglers and social media as a complement to important, yet costly, scientific surveys when monitoring rare fishes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Common skate Dipturus batis North Atlantic Wiley Online Library Journal of Fish Biology 102 6 1503 1505 |
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Abstract A 2019 photograph of a blue skate Dipturus batis caught in Welsh waters is the first species‐specific evidence of the “common skate” complex occurring in its former range in the main body of the Irish Sea over four decades after it was considered to have been extirpated there. This possible precursor to recolonisation of former range adds to growing evidence for the recovery of skate species in the North Atlantic and highlights the valuable role of anglers and social media as a complement to important, yet costly, scientific surveys when monitoring rare fishes. |
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Moore, Alec B.M. A ray of hope? The re‐appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction |
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A ray of hope? The re‐appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction |
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A ray of hope? The re‐appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction |
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A ray of hope? The re‐appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction |
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A ray of hope? The re‐appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction |
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A ray of hope? The re‐appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction |
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ray of hope? the re‐appearance of irish sea skate decades after local extinction |
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