Jeff Kneebone, Connor F. White, Caroline Collatos, and Nicholas M. Whitney
Directed land-based recreational catch-and-release fishing for sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) is growing in popularity in Massachusetts. Working with 21 volunteer fishermen of varying experience levels, we observed and documented the fishing gear, tackle, and techniques used to catch and release 67 sandbar sharks. Read the article (PDF, 12 pages).
Valéria M. Lemos, Ana C. G. Mai, Ana C. Martins, José V. Martins, Sandra Andrade, Henrique Cabral, and João P. Vieira
The Lebranche mullet (Mugil liza) is an economically important estuarine species found along the coast of Brazil. The southern population of this species ranges from the coast of the state of São Paulo (23°S) to the coast of Argentina (36°S). It migrates annually among estuaries in Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil to reproduce in their marine spawning grounds (~26°S). Read the article (PDF, 13 pages).
Matthew D. Damiano, Mandy Karnauskas, Wessley Merten, and Jie Cao
Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) are caught throughout the western Atlantic Ocean over varying spatial and temporal scales. Prior attempts to quantify the population dynamics of dolphinfish in this region have been inhibited by an inability to model the spatiotemporal dynamics of this stock. Read the article (PDF, 19 pages).
Benjamin R. LaFreniere, Briony Donahue, Jillian E. Price, Alicia Cruz-Uribe, Nate Miller, Benjamin T. Manard, Richard McBride, and John A. Mohan
The white hake (Urophycis tenuis) is a groundfish distributed throughout the Gulf of Maine. Catch advice is based on stock assessments done with age-based population dynamics models; however, otolith aging is challenging because of unclear growth increments. Read the article (PDF, 14 pages).
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