Migration patterns of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in the North Pacific Ocean

• Main Authors: McFarlane, Gordon A., King, Jacquelynne R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Fisheries; Management; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Alaska; spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/30983

From 1978 to 1988, approximately 71,000 spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) were tagged off the west coast of Canada. This program is the most extensive tagging study conducted for a shark species. Twelve years after the last year of tagging, recaptured tagged spiny dogfish are still being reported. A...