Pascal Geraghty has completed his PhD thesis at Macquarie University, Sydney. Pascal studied three shark species (dusky shark – Carcharhinus obscurus, , spinner shark – C. brevipinna, and sandbar shark – C. plumbeus). The thesis addresses important questions about the resilience of populations to fishing-induced mortality and the sustainability of the local fishery in inshore waters adjacent […]
Tag Archives: Stock Structure of East Coast Sharks
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Jan
Jan
This pamphlet is a jargon-free zone for everyone interested the sustainable exploitation and conservation of marine and freshwater fishes. A download link to the pdf document can be found here.
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Dec
Dec
Getting into the Guinness Book of Records is a lifetime goal for many. We did it by discovering hybridisation between two species of sharks. The original article can be found here. The lead author Jess Morgan is an MFL associate.
07
Nov
Nov
Jess and Jenny updated fisheries stock assessment modellers (George from the Queensland Government; Peter from CARM at UQ) about the spatial extent of populations of commercially harvested shark species in Queensland. Genetic information will guide the extent of the models along the Queensland coast. For example milkshark are likely to be a single population, but […]
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Oct
Oct
A new paper from PhD student Pascal Geraghty suggests that large sharks don’t move along the coasts as far as expected. Pascal’s work shows that spinner sharks (Carcharhinus brevipinna) from Australia are separate to those in southern Africa. There may also be two separate populations in tropical Australian waters. Want to know more? Click here to […]