Acronym THRESHER
Category
Fisheries
Title Integrating biology, genetics and tagging studies for the management and conservation of the highly vulnerable big eye thresher shark in the Atlantic Ocean Programme Nat. Programme (supported by ESIF)
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator Rui Coelho Coordinator email rpcoelho@ualg.pt
Coordinator institution
CCMAR - Centre for Marine Sciences (Portugal)
Institutions involved
FLMNH - Florida Museum of Natural History (United States of America) ,
IPMA - Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (Portugal) ,
UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brazil) ,
Start year 2011 End year 2014 Funding (€) € 184,890 Website NA Summary The project aims to fill critical voids in the knowledge of a particularly vulnerable pelagic shark commonly caught as by-catch in pelagic longline fisheries, the big eye thresher Alopias supercilious. The species is considered to have a particularly vulnerable life history, but it is one of the least studied of all pelagic sharks and therefore more research is urgently required. Calls for more research on this species has been requested by management bodies as well as by non-governmental conservation organizations.
(1) Determination of life history parameters including age, growth, reproduction and mortality; (2) Application of satellite telemetry tags (PAT) to study long term movements, habitat preferences and survivorship of these sharks in the Atlantic Ocean; (3) Population genetics comparing different stocks along the Atlantic Ocean and; (4) Disseminate the results among different fora, from scientific Conferences to regional, national and international advisory and management bodies.
Keywords
Stock assessment;
Fish;
Population structure;
Sharks;
Genetic;
Fisheries management;
Fish habitat;
Fish biology;
Marine Region
40
Azores Grounds (27.Xa, 27.Xb)
1
Northern Oceanic (34.2)
2
Canarias and Madeira Islands (34.1.2)
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
4
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