TY - JOUR
T1 - First records of the megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios (Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983) as bycatch in Peruvian small-scale net fisheries
AU - Acuña-Perales, Nicolas
AU - Córdova-Zavaleta, Francisco
AU - Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna
AU - Mangel, Jeffrey C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Between October 2018 and October 2019, seven megamouth sharks were reported as bycatch in the small-scale surface and midwater gillnet fisheries operating from the ports of Mancora and Salaverry in northern Peru. Here we present details of these specimens and bycatch events that represent the first documented records of this species in Peruvian waters, confirming their occurrence as fisheries bycatch. We recommend continued monitoring programs in small-scale fisheries toward assessing the extent of this species’ occurrence in Peru and its vulnerability to fishery interactions.
AB - Between October 2018 and October 2019, seven megamouth sharks were reported as bycatch in the small-scale surface and midwater gillnet fisheries operating from the ports of Mancora and Salaverry in northern Peru. Here we present details of these specimens and bycatch events that represent the first documented records of this species in Peruvian waters, confirming their occurrence as fisheries bycatch. We recommend continued monitoring programs in small-scale fisheries toward assessing the extent of this species’ occurrence in Peru and its vulnerability to fishery interactions.
KW - Eastern Pacific Ocean
KW - Elasmobranchii
KW - Gillnets
KW - Lamniformes
KW - Northern Peru
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098780789&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s41200-020-00198-x
DO - 10.1186/s41200-020-00198-x
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85098780789
SN - 1755-2672
VL - 14
JO - Marine Biodiversity Records
JF - Marine Biodiversity Records
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -