Attempts to locate and sample the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae), along the Italian coasts in the Mediterranean Sea-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Attempts to locate and sample the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae), along the Italian coasts in the Mediterranean Sea

Published:2023-12-01 Issue:2 Volume:64 Page:181-186
ISSN:1846-0453
Container-title:Acta Adriatica
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Short-container-title:Acta Adriat. (Online)

Author:

Micarelli Primo¹^ORCID,Reinero Francesca Romana¹^ORCID,Marsella Andrea¹,Vernelli Enrico¹,Vittorini Enrico¹,Monteleone Luca¹,Vailati Matteo¹,Marsili Letizia²^ORCID,Tinti Fausto³^ORCID,Sperone Emilio⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Sharks Studies Center – Scientific Institute, Italy

2. DSFTA, Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Italy

3. BiGeA, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy

4. DiBEST, Department of Biology, Ecology, and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy

Abstract

Described in the present report are documented attempts to tag and sample the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758), along Italian coasts in the Mediterranean Sea, which took place near the Lampedusa Island in the lower Tyrrhenian Channel of Sicily, off the coast of Rimini in the Adriatic Sea, and of Civitavecchia in the central Tyrrhenian Sea. The project, activated in 2015, was aimed at tagging and sampling specimens of the white shark in order to collect data useful to implement conservation strategies in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite four tagging attempts made in 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2022 with 288 total hours of baiting activity and the use of 1030 kg of chum, no white sharks or any other shark species were sighted.

Publisher

Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries

Subject

Oceanography