Who’s Minding the Makos? Applications of Movement Patterns and Habitat Utilization for Management of Shortfin Mako Shark and Intersection with Offshore Energy Exploration

• Main Author: Manz, Maria H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2021
• Subjects: Biological oceanography; Block Island; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI28716216

The absence of coordinated international management for shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus, hereafter: mako) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, coupled with a lack of knowledge about large-scale mako movements and habitat use, have hampered effective mako shark management i...