Distributions and Habitats: Rhinobatidae GENUS Acroteriobatus

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Distributions and Habitats: Rhinobatidae GENUS Acroteriobatus Distributions and Habitats: Rhinobatidae FAMILY Rhinobatidae Bonaparte, 1835 - guitarfishes GENUS Acroteriobatus Giltay, 1928 - guitarfishes Species Acroteriobatus annulatus (Smith, in Muller & Henle, 1841) - lesser sandshark Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: southern Africa. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Acroteriobatus blochii (Muller & Henle, 1841) - bluntnose guitarfish Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: Namibia to South Africa. Habitat: marine. Species Acroteriobatus leucospilus (Norman, 1926) - greyspotted guitarfish Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa to Mozambique. Habitat: marine. Species Acroteriobatus ocellatus (Norman, 1926) - speckled guitarfish Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa to Mozambique. Habitat: marine. Species Acroteriobatus omanensis Last et al., 2016 - Oman guitarfish Distribution: Gulf of Oman. Habitat: marine. Species Acroteriobatus salalah (Randall & Compagno, 1995) - Salalah guitarfish Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman to Pakistan. Habitat: marine. Species Acroteriobatus variegatus (Nair & Lal Mohan, 1973) - stripenose guitarfish Distribution: India. Habitat: marine. Species Acroteriobatus zanzibarensis (Norman, 1926) - Zanzibar guitarfish Distribution: Zanzibar. Habitat: marine. GENUS Pseudobatos Last et al., 2016 - guitarfishes Species Pseudobatos glaucostigma (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) - speckled guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Pseudobatos horkelii (Muller & Henle, 1841) - Brazilian guitarfish Distribution: Western Atlantic: Brazil to Argentina. Habitat: marine. Species Pseudobatos lentiginosus (Garman, 1880) - Atlantic guitarfish Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine. Species Pseudobatos leucorhynchus (Gunther, 1867) - whitesnout guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Pacific including Galapagos Islands. Habitat: marine. Species Pseudobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792) - Chola guitarfish Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine. Species Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880) - flathead guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Pacific including Galapagos Islands. Habitat: marine. Species Pseudobatos prahli (Acero & Franke, 1995) - Gorgona guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico to northern Peru. Habitat: marine. Species Pseudobatos producta (Ayres, 1854) - shovelnose guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine. GENUS Rhinobatos Linck, 1790 - guitarfishes Species Rhinobatos albomaculatus Norman, 1930 - whitespotted guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Rhinobatos annandalei Norman, 1926 - Annandale's guitarfish Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Rhinobatos austini Ebert & Gon, 2017 - Port Shepstone guitarfish Distribution: KwaZulu-Natal Province (South Africa) and central Mozambique. Habitat: marine Species Rhinobatos borneensis Last et al., 2016 - Bornean guitarfish Distribution: South China Sea: Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Norman, 1922 - slender guitarfish Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa to Kenya. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos hynnicephalus Richardson, 1846 - ringstreaked guitarfish Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931 - spineback guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos jimbaranensis Last et al., 2006 - Jimbaran shovelnose ray Distribution: Bali, Indonesia. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos lionotus Norman, 1926 - smoothback guitarfish Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: freshwater. Species Rhinobatos manai White et al., 2016 - Bismarck guitarfish Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos nudidorsalis Last et al., 2004 - bareback shovelnose ray Distribution: Mascarene Ridge, Mascarenes, central Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos penggali Last et al., 2006 - Indonesian shovelnose ray Distribution: Central Indonesia. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & Randall, 1987 - spotted guitarfish Distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus, 1758) - common guitarfish Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Angola. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Rhinobatos sainsburyi Last, 2004 - goldeneye shovelnose ray Distribution: Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos schlegelii Muller & Henle, 1841 - brown guitarfish Distribution: Western Pacific [ref. 34993]. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos whitei Last et al., 2014 - Philippine guitarfish Distribution: Philippines. Habitat: marine..
Recommended publications
  • The Fishing and Illegal Trade of the Angelshark DNA Barcoding
    Fisheries Research 206 (2018) 193–197 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Fisheries Research journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/fishres The fishing and illegal trade of the angelshark: DNA barcoding against T misleading identifications ⁎ Ingrid Vasconcellos Bunholia, Bruno Lopes da Silva Ferrettea,b, , Juliana Beltramin De Biasia,b, Carolina de Oliveira Magalhãesa,b, Matheus Marcos Rotundoc, Claudio Oliveirab, Fausto Forestib, Fernando Fernandes Mendonçaa a Laboratório de Genética Pesqueira e Conservação (GenPesC), Instituto do Mar (IMar), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Santos, SP, 11070-102, Brazil b Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes (LBGP), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu (IBB), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, 18618-689, Brazil c Acervo Zoológico da Universidade Santa Cecília (AZUSC), Universidade Santa Cecília (Unisanta), Santos, SP, 11045-907, Brazil ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Handled by J Viñas Morphological identification in the field can be extremely difficult considering fragmentation of species for trade Keywords: or high similarity between congeneric species. In this context, the shark group belonging to the genus Squatina is Conservation composed of three species distributed in the southern part of the western Atlantic. These three species are Endangered species classified in the IUCN Red List as endangered, and they are currently protected under Brazilian law, which Fishing monitoring prohibits fishing and trade. Molecular genetic tools are now used for practical taxonomic identification, parti- Forensic genetics cularly in cases where morphological observation is prevented, e.g., during fish processing. Consequently, DNA fi Mislabeling identi cation barcoding was used in the present study to track potential crimes against the landing and trade of endangered species along the São Paulo coastline, in particular Squatina guggenheim (n = 75) and S.
    [Show full text]
  • Bibliography Database of Living/Fossil Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) Papers of the Year 2016
    www.shark-references.com Version 13.01.2017 Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) Papers of the year 2016 published by Jürgen Pollerspöck, Benediktinerring 34, 94569 Stephansposching, Germany and Nicolas Straube, Munich, Germany ISSN: 2195-6499 copyright by the authors 1 please inform us about missing papers: [email protected] www.shark-references.com Version 13.01.2017 Abstract: This paper contains a collection of 803 citations (no conference abstracts) on topics related to extant and extinct Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, and chimaeras) as well as a list of Chondrichthyan species and hosted parasites newly described in 2016. The list is the result of regular queries in numerous journals, books and online publications. It provides a complete list of publication citations as well as a database report containing rearranged subsets of the list sorted by the keyword statistics, extant and extinct genera and species descriptions from the years 2000 to 2016, list of descriptions of extinct and extant species from 2016, parasitology, reproduction, distribution, diet, conservation, and taxonomy. The paper is intended to be consulted for information. In addition, we provide information on the geographic and depth distribution of newly described species, i.e. the type specimens from the year 1990- 2016 in a hot spot analysis. Please note that the content of this paper has been compiled to the best of our abilities based on current knowledge and practice, however,
    [Show full text]
  • Body Size and Mobility Explain Species Centralities in the Gulf of California Food Web
    COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 20(2): 149-160, 2019 1585-8553 © The Author(s). This article is published with Open Access at www.akademiai.com DOI: 10.1556/168.2019.20.2.5 Body size and mobility explain species centralities in the Gulf of California food web R. Olmo Gilabert1, A. F. Navia2, G. De La Cruz-Agüero1, J. C. Molinero3, U. Sommer3 and M. Scotti3,4 1CICIMAR Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apartado Postal 592, CP 23094, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México 2Fundación colombiana para la investigación y conservación de tiburones y rayas, SQUALUS. Calle 10° # 72-35, Apto. 301E, Cali, Valle, Colombia 3GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany 4Corresponding author. Email: [email protected], phone: +49 (0) 431 600 4405 Keywords: Biodiversity; Centrality indices; Ecosystem functioning; Trait ecology. Abstract: Anthropic activities impact ecosystems worldwide thus contributing to the rapid erosion of biodiversity. The failure of traditional strategies targeting single species highlighted ecosystems as the most suitable scale to plan biodiversity management. Network analysis represents an ideal tool to model interactions in ecosystems and centrality indices have been extensively applied to quantify the structural and functional importance of species in food webs. However, many network studies fail in deciphering the ecological mechanisms that lead some species to occupy the most central positions in food webs. To address this question, we built a high-resolution food web of the Gulf of California and quantified species position using 15 centrality indices and the trophic level. We then modelled the values of each index as a function of traits and other attributes (e.g., habitat).
    [Show full text]
  • UNEP/CMS/COP13/Doc.28.2.9 MIGRATORY 24 September 2019
    CONVENTION ON UNEP/CMS/COP13/Doc.28.2.9 MIGRATORY 24 September 2019 SPECIES Original: English 13th MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Gandhinagar, India, 17 - 22 February 2020 Agenda Item 28.2 PROPOSAL FOR A CONCERTED ACTION FOR THE COMMON GUITARFISH (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) AND BOTTLENOSE WEDGEFISH (Rhynchobatus australiae) ALREADY ON APPENDIX II OF THE CONVENTION, AND THE FAMILIES RHINOBATIDAE AND GLAUCOSTEGIDAE Summary: The IUCN Shark Specialist Group has submitted the attached proposal for a Concerted Action for the Common Guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) and Bottlenose Wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae), in accordance with the process elaborated in Resolution 12.28. In addition to the aforementioned CMS-listed species, the families Rhinobatidae, Rhinidae and Glaucostegidae are proposed for Concerted Action because of their similar conservation needs. *The geographical designations employed in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the CMS Secretariat (or the United Nations Environment Programme) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The responsibility for the contents of the document rests exclusively with its author UNEP/CMS/COP13/Doc.28.2.9 PROPOSAL FOR A CONCERTED ACTION FOR THE COMMON GUITARFISH (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) AND BOTTLENOSE WEDGEFISH (Rhynchobatus australiae) ALREADY ON APPENDIX II OF THE CONVENTION, AND THE FAMILIES RHINOBATIDAE AND GLAUCOSTEGIDAE (i). Proponent: International Union For Conservation of Nature - IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Shark Specialist Group (IUCN SSG) The IUCN SSG has long been a trusted source of science-based information and advice on sharks and their relatives (Class Chondrichthyes: sharks, rays, and chimaeras) and provides leadership for the conservation of threatened species and populations of all chondrichthyan fishes.
    [Show full text]
  • An Annotated Checklist of the Chondrichthyan Fishes Inhabiting the Northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea
    Zootaxa 4803 (2): 281–315 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2020 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4803.2.3 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:325DB7EF-94F7-4726-BC18-7B074D3CB886 An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea CHRISTIAN M. JONES1,*, WILLIAM B. DRIGGERS III1,4, KRISTIN M. HANNAN2, ERIC R. HOFFMAYER1,5, LISA M. JONES1,6 & SANDRA J. RAREDON3 1National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.A. 2Riverside Technologies Inc., Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, Missis- sippi, U.S.A. [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2687-3331 3Smithsonian Institution, Division of Fishes, Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland, U.S.A. [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8295-6000 4 [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8577-968X 5 [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5297-9546 6 [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2228-7156 *Corresponding author. [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5093-1127 Abstract Herein we consolidate the information available concerning the biodiversity of batoid fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including nearly 70 years of survey data collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Mississippi Laboratories and their predecessors. We document 41 species proposed to occur in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
    [Show full text]
  • Table 7: Species Changing IUCN Red List Status (2018-2019)
    IUCN Red List version 2019-3: Table 7 Last Updated: 10 December 2019 Table 7: Species changing IUCN Red List Status (2018-2019) Published listings of a species' status may change for a variety of reasons (genuine improvement or deterioration in status; new information being available that was not known at the time of the previous assessment; taxonomic changes; corrections to mistakes made in previous assessments, etc. To help Red List users interpret the changes between the Red List updates, a summary of species that have changed category between 2018 (IUCN Red List version 2018-2) and 2019 (IUCN Red List version 2019-3) and the reasons for these changes is provided in the table below. IUCN Red List Categories: EX - Extinct, EW - Extinct in the Wild, CR - Critically Endangered [CR(PE) - Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct), CR(PEW) - Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct in the Wild)], EN - Endangered, VU - Vulnerable, LR/cd - Lower Risk/conservation dependent, NT - Near Threatened (includes LR/nt - Lower Risk/near threatened), DD - Data Deficient, LC - Least Concern (includes LR/lc - Lower Risk, least concern). Reasons for change: G - Genuine status change (genuine improvement or deterioration in the species' status); N - Non-genuine status change (i.e., status changes due to new information, improved knowledge of the criteria, incorrect data used previously, taxonomic revision, etc.); E - Previous listing was an Error. IUCN Red List IUCN Red Reason for Red List Scientific name Common name (2018) List (2019) change version Category
    [Show full text]
  • Species Composition, Commercial Landings, Distribution and Some Aspects of Biology of Guitarfish and Wedgefish (Class Pisces: Order Rhinopristiformes) from Pakistan
    INT. J. BIOL. BIOTECH., 17 (3): 469-489, 2020. SPECIES COMPOSITION, COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, DISTRIBUTION AND SOME ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY OF GUITARFISH AND WEDGEFISH (CLASS PISCES: ORDER RHINOPRISTIFORMES) FROM PAKISTAN Muhammad Moazzam1* and Hamid Badar Osmany2 1WWF-Pakistan, B-205, Block 6, PECHS, Karachi 75400, Pakistan 2Marine Fisheries Department, Government of Pakistan, Fish Harbour, West Wharf, Karachi 74000, Pakistan *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT Guitarfish and wedgefish are commercially exploited in Pakistan (Northern Arabian Sea) since long. It is estimated that their commercial landings ranged between 4,206 m. tons in 1981 to 403 metric tons in 2011. Analysis of the landing data from Karachi Fish Harbor (the largest fish landing center in Pakistan) revealed that seven species of guitarfish and wedgefish are landed (January 2019-February 2020 data). Granulated guitarfish (Glaucostegus granulatus) contributed about 61.69 % in total annual landings of this group followed by widenose guitarfish (G. obtusus) contributing about 23.29 % in total annual landings of guitarfish and wedgefish. Annandale’s guitarfish (Rhinobatos annandalei) and bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma) contributed 7.32 and 5.97 % in total annual landings respectively. Spotted guitarfish (R. punctifer), Halavi ray (G. halavi), smoothnose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus laevis) and Salalah guitarfish (Acroteriobatus salalah) collectively contributed about 1.73 % in total annual landings. Smoothnose wedgefish (R. laevis) is rarest of all the members of Order Rhinopristiformes. G. granulatus, G. obtusus, R. ancylostoma, G. halavi and R. laevis are critically endangered according to IUCN Red List whereas A. salalah is near threatened and R. annandalei is data deficient. There are no aimed fisheries for guitarfish and wedgefish in Pakistan but these fishes are mainly caught as by-catch of bottom-set gillnetting and shrimp trawling.
    [Show full text]
  • Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul Instituto De Geociências Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Geociências Contribuição
    UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL INSTITUTO DE GEOCIÊNCIAS PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM GEOCIÊNCIAS CONTRIBUIÇÃO AO CONHECIMENTO DOS PTEROSSAUROS DO GRUPO SANTANA (CRETÁCEO INFERIOR) DA BACIA DO ARARIPE, NORDESTE DO BRASIL FELIPE LIMA PINHEIRO ORIENTADOR – Prof. Dr. Cesar Leandro Schultz Porto Alegre - 2014 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL INSTITUTO DE GEOCIÊNCIAS PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM GEOCIÊNCIAS CONTRIBUIÇÃO AO CONHECIMENTO DOS PTEROSSAUROS DO GRUPO SANTANA (CRETÁCEO INFERIOR) DA BACIA DO ARARIPE, NORDESTE DO BRASIL FELIPE LIMA PINHEIRO ORIENTADOR – Prof. Dr. Cesar Leandro Schultz BANCA EXAMINADORA Prof. Dr. Marco Brandalise de Andrade – Faculdade de Biociências, PUC, RS Profa. Dra. Marina Bento Soares – Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia, UFRGS Profa. Dra. Taissa Rodrigues – Departamento de Biologia, UFES, ES Tese de Doutorado apresentada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geociências como requisito parcial para a obtenção do título de Doutor em Ciências. Porto Alegre – 2014 “Ao ser destampado pelo gigante, o cofre deixou escapar um hálito glacial. Dentro havia apenas um enorme bloco transparente, com infinitas agulhas internas nas quais se despedaçava em estrelas de cores a claridade do crepúsculo. Desconcertado, sabendo que os meninos esperavam uma explicação imediata, José Arcadio Buendía atreveu-se a murmurar: – É o maior diamante do mundo.” Gabriel García Marquez AGRADECIMENTOS Um trabalho como esse não é feito apenas a duas mãos. Durante o percurso de meu mestrado e doutorado, tive o privilégio de contar com o apoio (por vezes, praticamente incondicional) de diversas pessoas. Em primeiro lugar, pelo apoio irrestrito em todos os momentos, agradeço a minha família, em especial a meus pais, Sandra e Valmiro e a meus irmãos, Fernando e Sacha.
    [Show full text]
  • Anexo 2 Produção Dos Docentes De Toxicologia Ambiental Últimos Dois Anos (2019-2020)
    Anexo 2 Produção dos Docentes de Toxicologia Ambiental últimos dois anos (2019-2020) Adalto Bianchini MARTINS, MARIANA F. ; COSTA, PATRÍCIA G. ; Bianchini, Adalto . Maternal transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an endangered elasmobranch, the Brazilian guitarfish. CHEMOSPHERE , v. 263, p. 128275, 2021. 2. DA SILVA FONSECA, JULIANA ; MIES, MIGUEL ; PARANHOS, ALANA ; TANIGUCHI, SATIE ; GÜTH, ARTHUR Z. ; BÍCEGO, MÁRCIA C. ; MARQUES, JOSEANE APARECIDA ; FERNANDES DE BARROS MARANGONI, LAURA ; Bianchini, Adalto . Isolated and combined effects of thermal stress and copper exposure on the trophic behavior and oxidative status of the reef- building coral Mussismilia harttii. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION , v. 268, p. 115892, 2021. 3. DA SILVA FONSECA, JULIANA ; ZEBRAL, YURI DORNELLES ; Bianchini, Adalto . Metabolic status of the coral Mussismilia harttii in field conditions and the effects of copper exposure in vitro. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY , v. 240, p. 108924, 2021. 4. MARQUES, JOSEANE A. ; ABRANTES, DOUGLAS P. ; MARANGONI, LAURA FB. ; Bianchini, Adalto . Ecotoxicological responses of a reef calcifier exposed to copper, acidification and warming: A multiple biomarker approach. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION , v. 257, p. 113572, 2020. 5. QUINTELA, FERNANDO MARQUES ; PINO, SAULO RODRIGUES ; SILVA, FELIPE CASEIRO ; LOEBMANN, DANIEL ; COSTA, PATRÍCIA GOMES ; Bianchini, Adalto ; MARTINS, SAMANTHA ESLAVA . Arsenic, lead and cadmium concentrations in caudal crests of the yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) from Brazilian Pantanal. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT , v. 707, p. 135479, 2020. 6. FERREIRA, CLARISSA P. ; LIMA, DAÍNA ; SOUZA, PATRICK ; PIAZZA, THIAGO B. ; ZACCHI, FLÁVIA L. ; MATTOS, JACÓ J. ; JORGE, MARIANNA B. ; ALMEIDA, EDUARDO A. ; Bianchini, Adalto ; TANIGUCHI, SATIE ; SASAKI, SILVIO T. ; MONTONE, ROSALINDA C. ; BÍCEGO, MÁRCIA C. ; BAINY, AFONSO C.D.
    [Show full text]
  • Chondrichthyan Bycatch: Risk Assessment, Spatiotemporal Trends and Contributions to Management
    CHONDRICHTHYAN BYCATCH: RISK ASSESSMENT, SPATIOTEMPORAL TRENDS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO MANAGEMENT MARCELO REIS A thesis submitted in fulfilment for the requirements for the degree of Doctor in Philosophy at the University of Sydney School of Life and Environmental Sciences Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Group Sydney, Australia August 2018 Attribution of authorship for published and collaborative work contained in this thesis The work contained in the body of this thesis, except otherwise acknowledged, is the result of my own investigations. For the four data chapters, I led and undertook the following: study design, field organization, data analysis, and writing of thesis chapters. - Chapter 2 and Chapter 3: I wrote these studies entirely and conducted the analyses based on the database built upon individual fishing logbooks provided by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority – AFMA. The study was designed by me in collaboration with the Co- Author Dr. Will Figueira. - Chapter 4 and Chapter 5: Sample collection was made by the Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales – DPI Fisheries Observer Program under the Animal Research Authority permission ACEC Ref 16/02 provided by the Primary Industries (Fisheries) Animal Care & Ethics Committee. The study was designed by me in collaboration with the Co-Author Dr. Will Figueira. Samples processing and collection of data as well data analyses writing of the study were conducted by me. Marcelo Reis Signature: Date: 23/08/2018 Table of Contents List of Tables .........................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Concerted Action for the Common Guitarfish, Largetooth Sawfish And
    CONVENTION ON UNEP/CMS/COP13/Doc.28.2.8 MIGRATORY 24 September 2019 SPECIES Original: English 13th MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Gandhinagar, India, 17 - 22 February 2020 Agenda Item 28.2 PROPOSAL FOR A CONCERTED ACTION FOR THE COMMON GUITARFISH (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) LISTED ON APPENDIX II OF THE CONVENTION, THE LARGETOOTH SAWFISH (Pristis pristis) LISTED ON APPENDIX I AND II OF THE CONVENTION AND THE SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH (Pristis pectinata) LISTED ON APPENDIX I and II OF THE CONVENTION* Summary: The Government of Gabon has submitted the attached proposal for a Concerted Action for the Common Guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) the Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis pristis), and Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in accordance with the process elaborated in Resolution 12.28. *The geographical designations employed in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the CMS Secretariat (or the United Nations Environment Programme) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The responsibility for the contents of the document rests exclusively with its author UNEP/CMS/COP13/Doc28.2.8 PROPOSAL FOR A CONCERTED ACTION FOR THE COMMON GUITARFISH (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) LISTED ON APPENDIX II OF THE CONVENTION, THE LARGETOOTH SAWFISH (Pristis pristis) LISTED ON APPENDIX I AND II OF THE CONVENTION AND THE SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH (Pristis pectinata) LISTED ON APPENDIX I and II OF THE CONVENTION* (i). Proponent: Government of Gabon Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux du Gabon - ANPN (National Parks Agency of Gabon) Contact: Aurelie Flore KOUMBA PAMBO, Conseiller Scientifique (ii).
    [Show full text]
  • Proposal for Inclusion of the Common Guitarfish
    CMS Distribution: General CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY UNEP/CMS/COP12/Doc.25.1.24(a) 7 June 2017 SPECIES Original: English 12th MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Manila, Philippines, 23 - 28 October 2017 Agenda Item 25.1 PROPOSAL FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE COMMON GUITARFISH (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) ON APPENDIX II AND THE MEDITERRANIAN SEA POPULATION OF THE SAME TAXON ON APPENDIX I OF THE CONVENTION Summary: The Government of Israel has submitted the attached proposals* for the inclusion of the Common Guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) on Appendix II and the Mediterranean Sea population of the same taxon on Appendix I of CMS. Proposals for the inclusion of the same taxon on Appendix II of CMS have been submitted independently by the Governments of Mauritania, Senegal and Togo. The related proposals are located in documents UNEP/CMS/COP12/Doc.25.1.24 (b), (c) and (d). *The geographical designations employed in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the CMS Secretariat (or the United Nations Environment Programme) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The responsibility for the contents of the document rests exclusively with its author. UNEP/CMS/COP12/Doc.25.1.24(a) PROPOSAL FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE COMMON GUITARFISH (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) ON APPENDIX II AND THE MEDITERRANIAN SEA POPULATION OF THE SAME TAXON ON APPENDIX I OF THE CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS A. PROPOSAL: This document includes two independent proposals; either or both of which can be adopted by the COP, as follows: 1.
    [Show full text]