TY - JOUR
T1 - Southernmost record of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) in the Mexican Pacific
AU - Becerril-García, Edgar Eduardo
AU - Hoyos-Padilla, Edgar Mauricio
AU - Petatán-Ramírez, David
AU - Galván-Magaña, Felipe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Escuela de Ciencias del Mar. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - This study reports the first record of a white shark Carcharodon carcharias off the tropical coast of Nayarit and the southernmost record in the Mexican Pacific. The specimen was a juvenile female accidentally caught by artisanal fisheries in the locality of Playa Novillero, Nayarit. Oceanographic conditions at the time of capture were also recorded, with the aim of improving the knowledge on the ecology of this vulnerable and protected species.
AB - This study reports the first record of a white shark Carcharodon carcharias off the tropical coast of Nayarit and the southernmost record in the Mexican Pacific. The specimen was a juvenile female accidentally caught by artisanal fisheries in the locality of Playa Novillero, Nayarit. Oceanographic conditions at the time of capture were also recorded, with the aim of improving the knowledge on the ecology of this vulnerable and protected species.
KW - Bycatch
KW - Carcharodon carcharias
KW - Conservation
KW - Distribution
KW - Eastern tropical pacific
KW - Fisheries
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064514447&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3856/vol47-issue1-fulltext-22
DO - 10.3856/vol47-issue1-fulltext-22
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85064514447
SN - 0718-560X
VL - 47
SP - 190
EP - 193
JO - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
JF - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
IS - 1
ER -
