IOTC manual for tagging bigeye thresher shark (BTH) with pop-up satellite archival tags (PSAT) to evaluate post-release mortality (PRM) | Bycatch Management Information System (BMIS)

Source URL

http://www.iotc.org/documents/WPEB/14/INF02

Citation

Romanov E (2018) IOTC manual for tagging bigeye thresher shark (BTH) with pop-up satellite archival tags (PSAT) to evaluate post-release mortality (PRM). In: IOTC - 14th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC-2018-WPEB14-INF02, Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract

The primary objective of this study is to assess the post release survival of bigeye thresher sharks caught and released (in accordance with IOTC CMMs) by the major commercial longline fleets fishing in the in the IOTC Area of Competence, usingcommon handling practices.