European Elasmobranch Association 2009 131313 ththth EEA Conference 191919 ththth ––– 22 ndndnd November 2009 Palma de Mallorca, Spain Edited by Gabriel Morey, Laura Yuste and Guillem X. Pons Hosted by the NNaturalatural History Society of the BalearicBalearic Islands PROGRAPROGRAMMEMME Friday, 20/11/2009 9:00 – 9:15 Opening address 9:15 – 10:00 Keynote 9:15 -10:00 John A. Musick K1 Chondrichthyan reproduction – viviparity came first. 10:00 – 11:00 Session 1: Taxonomy 10:00 – 10:20 Albert Baranes S1-1 The Red Sea sharks: taxonomy, biology and ecology. 10:20 – 10:40 Farid Hemida S1-2 On some morphometric characters in carcharhinid species from off the algerian coast. 10:40 – 11:00 Nicolas Straube Population structure of the Luminescent deep-sea shark Etmopterus granulosus (Squaliformes: S1-3 Etmopteridae). 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30 – 13:10 Session 2: Biology 11:30 – 11:50 Julien M. Claes Complex control of photophores luminescence from a lanternshark, Etmopterus spinax S2-1 (Squaloidea: Etmopteridea). 11:50 – 12:10 Mason N. Dean S2-2 Micromorphology and mechanics of the tessellated skeleton of cartilaginous fishes. 12:10 - 12:30 Ross A. Jeffree Phylogenetic consistencies in different patterns of bioaccumulation of multiple trace S2-3 elements from seawater by chondrichthyan and teleost fishes. 12:30 – 12:50 Claudia Junge Genetic diversity of basking sharks ( Cetorhinus maximus ) – a North Atlantic perspective and S2-4 its global relevance. 12:50 – 13:10 Niriniony. Rabehagasoa Comparative analysis of the individual age of the blue shark, Prionace glauca in the Southwest S2-5 Indian Ocean. 13:10 – 14:20 Lunch Break 14:20 – 14:40 Session 2: Biology 14:20 – 14:40 María Valls S2-5 Feeding ecology of elasmobranch species in the western Mediterranean. 14:40 – 18:10 Session 3: Management and Conservation 14:40 – 15:00 Massimiliano. Bottaro A conservation and management chance for elasmobranchs in the italian waters: first S3-1 results from monitoring of cetacean by-catch in the Adriatic Sea. 15:00 – 15:20 Mika S. Diop S3-2 West African action plan for sharks: where are we? 15:20 – 15:40 Sonja Fordham S3-3 European shark conservation: progress and opportunities. 15:40 -16:00 Ali Hood S3-4 Skate and ray management and conservation in the UK. 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break 16:30 – 16:50 Rich Hurst S3-5 The importance of accessible identification materials in fisheries management. 16:50 – 17:10 Giulio Relini S3-6 The ELASMOIT project. 17:10 – 17:30 Bernard Séret S3-7 Sharks and rays of French fisheries. 17:30 – 17:50 Joana Silva S3-8 The status and management of thornback ray Raja clavata in the South-western North Sea. 17:50 – 18:10 Colin D. Speedie S3-9 Basking shark hotspot sites in western Scotland: developing appropriate protection measures for the species on a site specific basis. Saturday, 21/11/2009 9:00 – 9:30 Keynote 9:00 – 9:30 Dr Peter R. Last The elasmobranchs of Borneo: an investigation of the fauna based on field and market K2 surveys. 9:30 – 10:50 Session 4: Fisheries 9:30 – 9:50 Harald Baensch S4-1 Spatial distribution of benthic Chondrichthyans in the US Gulf of Mexico. 9:50 – 10:10 Sandra Mallol Incidental catches and fishing impacts on elasmobranchs in small-scale multigear, S4-2 multispecies fisheries of the northwestern Mediterranean (Balearic Islands). 10:10 – 10:30 Bechir Saïdi S4-3 Artisanal elasmobranch fishery in the Gulf of Gabès (Southern Tunisia). 10:30 – 10:50 Colin A. Simpfendorfer S4-4 Shark catches in the inshore waters of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. 10:50 – 11:20 Coffee Break 11:20 – 13:00 Session 5: Ecology 11:20 – 11:40 Ricardo Aguilar Sharks, rays and chimaeras observed while using an ROV in the western Mediterranean and S5-1 southern Bay of Biscay. 11:40 – 12:00 Harald Baensch Estimating population parameters for bull sharks at a feeding site in a marine protected S5-2 area in Fiji. 12:00 - 12:20 Ramón Bonfil S5-3 White sharks ( Carcharodon carcharias ) from New Zealand like to vacation in the tropics. 12:20 – 12:40 Juerg M. Brunnschweiler Oceans apart? Short-term movements and behaviour of adult bull sharks in Atlantic and S5-4 Pacific Oceans determined from pop-off satellite archival tagging. 12:40 – 13:00 Fulvio Garibaldi S5-5 Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Ligurian Sea: catches, population structure and ecology . 13:00 – 14:20 Lunch Break 14:20 – 17:30 Session 5: Ecology 14:20 – 14:40 Adam Gouraguine S5-6 Spatial and temporal segregation between four elasmobrach species related to biological and environmental factors. 14:40 – 15:00 Beatriz Guijarro S5-7 An approach to the diagnosis of elasmobranch populations in the circa-littoral soft bottoms off the Balearic Islands (North-western Mediterranean). 15:00 – 15:20 Michelle R Heupel S5-8 Preliminary analysis of grey reef shark movements on the Great Barrier Reef. 15:20 – 15:40 Gabriel Morey Distribution of coastal elasmobranchs in the Balearic Islands (NW Mediterranean) based S5-9 on artisanal fisheries surveys. 15:40 -16:00 Francesc Ordines Balearic Islands vs. Algeria: two nearby western Mediterranean elasmobranches populations S5-10 with different oceanographic scenarios and fishing histories. 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break 16:30 – 16:50 Dení Ramírez-Macías S5-11 Population size and structure of whale sharks Rhincodon typus at Holbox Island, México. 16:50 – 17:10 Rodolfo Vögler Population structure and spatio-temporal distribution of blue shark ( Prionace glauca ) at the S5-12 eastern tropical Pacific off Mexico. 17:10 – 17:30 William T White S5-13 Biodiversity and biogeography of tropical marine chondrichthyans. 17:30 – 17:50 Ana Bricia Guzmán Castellanos S2-7 Feeding habits of the chilean round ray Urotrygon chilensis (Günther, 1871) (Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae) in the gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico. INDEX KEYNOTES TITLE AUTHOR PAG THE ELASMOBRANCHS OF BORNEO: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE Peter R. Last 1 FAUNA BASED ON FIELD AND MARKET SURVEYS CHONDRICHTHYAN REPRODUCTION – VIVIPARITY CAME FIRST John A. Musick 2 TAXONOMY TITLE AUTHORS PAG ORAL COMMUNICATIONS THE RED SEA SHARKS: TAXONOMY, BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY Albert Baranes 4 ON SOME MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERS IN CARCHARHINID Hemida F ., Kherbouche S. & 5 SPECIES FROM OFF THE ALGERIAN COAST Capapé C. POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE LUMINESCENT DEEP-SEA Straube N. , Kriwet J. & 7 SHARK ETMOPTERUS GRANULOSUS (SQUALIFORMES: Schliewen U. K. ETMOPTERIDAE) POSTERS RAPID MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF STINGRAYS USING Michel R. Claereboudt & 8 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Aaron C. Henderson C. Mancusi, R. Baino, G. EGG CASES MORPHOMETRY USED FOR SPECIFIC DETERMINATION OF SOME MEDITERRANEAN SKATES Morey & F. Serena 9 COMPARATIVE ASPECTS OF HABENULAR NUCLEI IN DIFFERENT D. Minelli , B.Sabelli , 10 SPECIES OF FISHES R.Gattelli, V. Collevecchio THE CHLAMYDOSELACHUS ANGUINEUS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL B.Sabelli , V. Collevecchio, 11 MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA R.Gattelli, D. Minelli Straube N ., Iglesias S.P. , MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND NODE AGE ESTIMATION OF Sellos D. Y. , Kriwet J. & 12 LANTERN SHARKS (ELASMOBRANCHII: ETMOPTERIDAE) Schliewen U. K. Damià Vicens, Guillem X. FOSSIL ELASMOBRANCHES OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS ON Pons , Josep Quintana & 13 SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS OF MENORCA AND MALLORCA Fernando Escalante BIOLOGY TITLE AUTHORS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS COMPLEX CONTROL OF PHOTOPHORES LUMINESCENCE FROM A Julien M. Claes & Jérôme LANTERNSHARK, ETMOPTERUS SPINAX (SQUALOIDEA: 15 Mallefet ETMOPTERIDEA) MICROMORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICS OF THE TESSELLATED Mason N. Dean 16 SKELETON OF CARTILAGINOUS FISHES Ana Bricia Guzmán FEEDING HABITS OF THE CHILEAN ROUND RAY UROTRYGON Castellanos , Emilio Martínez CHILENSIS (GÜNTHER, 87) (MYLIOBATIFORMES: UROLOPHIDAE) 17 Ramírez y Felipe Galván IN THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC, MEXICO. Magaña PHYLOGENETIC CONSISTENCIES IN DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF Ross A. Jeffree , Francois BIOACCUMULATION OF MULTIPLE TRACE ELEMENTS FROM Oberhansli and Jean-Louis 18 SEAWATER BY CHONDRICHTHYAN AND TELEOST FISHES Teyssie GENETIC DIVERSITY OF BASKING SHARKS (CETORHINUS Claudia Junge , Melanie MAXIMUS) – A NORTH ATLANTIC PERSPECTIVE AND ITS GLOBAL 20 Stiffel, Lutz Bachmann RELEVANCE N. Rabehagasoa , P. Bach, A. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AGE OF THE BLUE Lorrain, E. Morize, S. 22 SHARK, PRIONACE GLAUCA IN THE SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN Campana, H. Bruggemann, E. V. Romanov María Valls , Antoni Quetglas, FEEDING ECOLOGY OF ELASMOBRANCH SPECIES IN THE Francesc Ordines, Joan 24 WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN Moranta POSTERS Marcela Bejarano-Álvarez & REPRODUCTION AND ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SPHYRNA Yassir Edén Torres-Rojas & 25 LEWINI IN SOUTH OF MEXICO. Felipe Galván &Magaña and Agustín & Hernández-Herrera. Ofelia Escobar-Sánchez , TROPHIC LEVEL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF δ3C AND δ5N OF Felipe Galván-Magaña, L. A. SQUATINA CALIFORNICA IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF 26 Abitia-Cárdenas & Maribel CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Carrera-Fernández Hernández-Aguilar Sandra TROPHIC SPECTRUM OF THE BLUE SHARK PRIONACE GLAUCA Berenice , Galván-Magaña (LINNAEUS, 758) IN THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, Felipe, Markaida-Aburto Unai 27 MEXICO & Abitia-Cárdenas Leonardo Andrés Ross A. Jeffree, Francois CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF METAL AND RADIONUCLIDE Obershansli and Jean-Louis 28 ACCUMULATION IN THE ELASMOBRANCH AND TELEOST EGG. Teyssie Hasna KADRI , Sondes MAROUANI , Béchir SAIDI , AGE AND GROWTH OF THE BROWN RAY, RAJA MIRALETUS, OFF Samira ENNAJAR 30 THE GULF OF GABÈS (SOUTH-CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA) ,Abderrahmen BOUAIN & Mohamed Nejmeddine BRADAI Hasna KADRI , Sondes MAROUANI , Béchir SAIDI , DIET COMPOSITION OF ROUGH RAY, RAJA RADULA IN THE GULF Samira ENNAJAR , 31 OF GABÈS (CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA) Abderrahmen BOUAIN & Mohamed Nejmeddine BRADAI MORPHOLOGICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF EMBRYOS Gonzalo R. Mucientes , Fran 32 OF MAKO SHARK, ISURUS OXYRINCHUS, IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Saborido-Rey TROPHIC INTERACTIONS AMONG THREE RAJIDS, RAJA ASTERIAS, Mulas A ., Follesa M.C., Cau RAJA BRACHYURA, AND RAJA MIRALETUS IN THE CENTRAL- 33 AL., Gastoni A., Cau An. WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN. LIFE HISTORY OF THE WHITE SPOTTED EAGLE RAY AETOBATUS V. Schluessel ,, M. B. Bennett 34 NARINARI and S.P.