Population density and abundance of basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus in the lower Bay of Fundy, Canada

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: AJ Westgate, HN Koopman, ZA Siders, SNP Wong, RA Ronconi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2014
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Canada; Lower Bay; Cetorhinus maximus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00567; https://doaj.org/article/dfcfbe4e5fcd42b8b7a4f733dae9f6e3

The conservation status of basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus in eastern Canadian waters is not clearly understood, in part because population densities and abundances have not been recently estimated. On September 11, 2009 and 2011, aerial surveys of basking sharks were conducted in the lower Bay of...