SUMMARY

• Main Authors: G. M. Fowler, S. E. Campana
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: by-catch; catch rates; Bleue; Canada; De la Costa; Flota; Pequeña; North Atlantic; Requin taupe
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.554.6145; http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/shark/english/document/fowler and campana 2008b.pdf

Shortfin makos (Isurus oxyrinchus) are a high-value by-catch of pelagic longline fisheries off the eastern coast of Canada. Annual catches in Canadian waters average 60-80 mt per year. Therefore, Canadian catches represent but a small part of that for the North Atlantic population as a whole. A stan...