Blue shark Prionace glauca fin-to-carcass-mass ratios in Spain and implications for finning ban enforcement

This study examines the processing of fins from blue sharks Prionace glauca caught by the Spanish longline fleet and landed in Vigo, Spain, and implications of these practices for enforcing the E.U. ban on shark finning, which relies on a maximum fin-to-carcass-mass ratio. Two major sources of varia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Santana Garcon, Julia, Fordham, S., Fowler, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53737