• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-07-20T00:00:00.000+00:00

This work uses white muscle tissues collected from sixgill and sevengill sharks to characterize the diet of each species. Tissues from prey species have also been prepared in order to initialize...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This Archival Information Package (AIP) contains basic biological information on bonnethead and scalloped hammerhead sharks with specific (by stomach and prey item) diet information for these two...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Little information has previously been published on the reproductive biology of the salmon shark in the Eastern North Pacific ocean. This data set incorporates basic biological and reproductive...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-09-10T00:00:00.000+00:00

To contribute to messaging and management that advances wildlife conservation and responsible stewardship of interfacing human and marine ecosystems, a multi-disciplinary research team led by...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-06-13T00:00:00.000+00:00

Reproductive data from Atlantic sharpnose sharks were collected from specimens captured throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico on various research vessels. Data included those necessary to...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Life history data were collected from Atlantic sharpnose and blacknose sharks during the Congressional Supplemental Program during 2011. Data collected include length, sex, state of maturity and...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-05-15T19:16:02.000+00:00

Commercial fishermen interested in participating in the shark research fishery must submit an application and vessel/permit documentation for the Agency to consider. Annually, the Agency randomly...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-05-15T19:16:16.000+00:00

Coastal shark community structure was quantified across 10 geographic areas in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico using fishery-independent gillnet data from 2003-2011. A total of 3,205 sets were...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

Coastal habitat use and residency of small juvenile Atlantic sharpnose (Rhizoprionodon terraenove) and bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) sharks in relation to larger juvenile blacktip (Carcharhinus...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-07-13T00:00:00.000+00:00

This dataset contains a collection of known point locations of tiger sharks identified via automated satellite tracking of tagged organisms. This can be useful for assessing species abundance,...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-07-13T00:00:00.000+00:00

This dataset contains a collection of known point locations of Galapagos sharks identified via automated satellite tracking of tagged organisms. This can be useful for assessing species abundance,...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Sharks may have an important role in marine ecosystems in relation to populations of fish and invertebrates at lower trophic levels. Fishery management plans stress the need for an ecosystem...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-03-28T19:09:19.000+00:00

Electronic dealer reporting for highly migratory species (HMS) dealers was instituted to expedite dealer reporting of federally-managed HMS, including swordfish, BAYS (bigeye, albacore, yellowfin...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-05-15T19:15:55.000+00:00

This database identifies the universe of (permitted) vessels participating in open access commercial and recreational Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) fisheries, including fisheries for...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

All Atlantic recreational fishing tournaments that award points or prizes for the catch & release or landing of billfish, swordfish, sharks, or tunas are required to register with NOAA Fisheries...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini, were collected in northwest Florida to examine foraging ecology, bioenergetics, and trophic level (30-60 cm FL mean FL 41.5 cm n 196). Diet...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-03-31T13:12:19.000+00:00

This enhancement was created in the electronic dealer reporting application to automate the comparison of dealer reported data to vessel reported data in Atlantic HMS fisheries. In particular,...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2004-04-27T00:00:00.000+00:00

The fishery independent survey of Atlantic large and small coastal sharks is conducted bi-annually in U.S. waters. Its primary objective is to conduct a standardized, systematic survey of the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2000-03-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

The fishery independent survey of Atlantic large and small coastal sharks is conducted bi-annually in U.S. waters. Its primary objective is to conduct a standardized, systematic survey of the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 1994-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

The identification of essential habitats for marine species is critical for proper management of populations. Although the species composition of sharks that occur in coastal waters is diverse,...

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