Variaciones interanuales en las capturas de tiburones pelágicos en el
Authors
Ceballos, E. (Elvira); Báez, J.C. (José Carlos); Meléndez-Vallejo, M.J. (María José); Muñoz, P.; Macías-López, A.D. (Ángel David)Date
2015Type
book partKeywords
Climate OscillationMigratory species
Mediterranean Sea
Sharks
Abstract
Pelagic migrating sharks are by-caught incidentally in longline fisheries. Some of these
species have been catalogued as threatened or vulnerable by several Regional Fisheries
Organizations and International Conservational NGOs. Alboran Sea is an important area for pelagic
migrating sharks because it is the natural and unique communication way between the Atlantic
Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. This area is considered by several authors as a hot-spot of Climate
Oscillation, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Arctic Oscillation (AO). In addition,
Alboran Sea is an important fishing ground where the longline fisheries targeting swordfish operates.
Recent studies concluded that historical landing of pelagic sharks from harbours of Alboran Sea and
Balearic Sea were mediated for atmospheric oscillations. The main aim of the present study was to
assess the effect of atmospheric oscillation on the Catch per Unit Effort (CPUE) of vulnerable sharks
thresher shark, Alopias ...
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