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Morphometric relationships and catch composition of wobbegong sharks (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobus) commercially fished in New South Wales, Australia

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Title: Morphometric relationships and catch composition of wobbegong sharks (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobus) commercially fished in New South Wales, Australia
Related: Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol. 128, p.243-249
Publisher: Linnean Society Of New South Wales
Date: 2007
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) 070499 Fisheries Sciences not elsewhere classified
Author/Creator: Huveneers, Charlie
Author/Creator: Otway, Nicholas M
Author/Creator: Harcourt, Robert G
Description: Wobbegongs (Orectolobiformes) are commercially targeted in New South Wales, Australia. Catches have declined approximately 60% in a decade, leading to concerns over the fishery's sustainability. However, length and weight composition of the catch is unknown as carcasses are trunked (i.e. beheaded and eviscerated) before landing. We provide parameters for length-length, weight-weight and weight-length relationships to convert carcass length and carcass weight measurements to total lengths and total weights used in fisheries assessments. Neonates and small juveniles were conspicuously absent in the lengthfrequency distributions of all three species, suggesting the potential existence of nursery areas not available to the commercial fishery.
Description: 7 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity
Subject Keyword: 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
Subject Keyword: 070499 Fisheries Sciences not elsewhere classified
Subject Keyword: commercial fishery
Subject Keyword: morphometric relationship
Subject Keyword: Orectolobus
Subject Keyword: wobbegong
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Graduate School of the Environment

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/46768
Identifier: ISSN:0370-047X
Identifier: mq-rm-2006005963
Language: eng
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