BRUVS reveal locally extinct shark and the way for shark monitoring in Brazilian oceanic islands. Issue 2 (20th December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pimentel, Caio R.; Andrades, Ryan; Ferreira, Carlos E. L.; Gadig, Otto B. F.; Harvey, Euan S.; Joyeux, Jean‐Christophe; Giarrizzo, Tommaso
• Is Part Of: Journal of fish biology. Volume 96:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 539
• Page End: 542
• Publication Date: 2019-12-20
• Subjects: Carcharhinus galapagensis -- conservation status -- elasmobranch -- reef fish -- south‐western Atlantic Ocean; Fishes -- Periodicals; Fishes -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 597
• DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14228
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1112

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Here we present records of sharks obtained using baited remote underwater stereo‐video systems (stereo‐BRUVS) at two Brazilian oceanic islands. Fourteen of the 60 deployments recorded 19 sharks in Trindade Island. In Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (SPSPA), two pelagic and two demersal deployments recorded two and one shark, respectively, including the locally extinct Galapagos shark Carcharhinus galapagensis . Stereo‐BRUVS should be considered as adjuncts to other non‐invasive methods to monitor shark populations.