Quantifying Catch Rates, Shark Abundance and Depredation Rate at a Spearfishing Competition on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Quantifying Catch Rates, Shark Abundance and Depredation Rate at a Spearfishing Competition on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

We developed and applied a method to quantify spearfisher effort and catch, shark interactions and shark depredation in a boat-based recreational spearfishing competition in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Queensland. Survey questions were designed to collect targeted quantitative data whilst...

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Main Authors: Adam Smith, Al Songcuan, Jonathan Mitchell, Max Haste, Zachary Schmidt, Glenn Sands, Marcus Lincoln Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Biology
Subjects:
spearfishing
pelagic
fish
shark
depredation
sustainability citizen science
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/10/1524

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https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/10/1524

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