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Record of three specimens of megamouth sharks – Megachasma pelagios – in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2022

Guzman Diez Open the ORCID record for Guzman Diez [Opens in a new window] ,
Jon Ruiz  and
Alex Salgado
Guzman Diez*
Affiliation:
Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) Txatxarramendi s/n Sukarrieta 48395, Bizkaia, Spain
Jon Ruiz
Affiliation:
Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) Txatxarramendi s/n Sukarrieta 48395, Bizkaia, Spain
Alex Salgado
Affiliation:
Marine Research, AZTI- Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) Txatxarramendi s/n Sukarrieta 48395, Bizkaia, Spain
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Author for correspondence: Guzman Diez, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The observer programme onboard the Spanish tropical tuna purse seine fleet recorded the incidental catch of one adult megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios in December 2005 and two juvenile megamouth sharks in the eastern Atlantic in July 2016 and August 2018, respectively. The same fleet also bycaught an adult individual in December 2005 in the western Indian Ocean. The juveniles were caught relatively near to the coast, while the adult was caught in oceanic waters. The companion species in the fishing sets were elasmobranchs, tuna and billfish.

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Atlantic Oceanmegamouth sharkpurse seine
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Marine Record
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 102 , Issue 1-2 , March 2022 , pp. 153 - 156
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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