Sharks in Mexico: Research and Conservation Part B

Dr. Shawn Larson received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Science. Shawn is the Senior Conservation Research Manager at the Seattle Aquarium. She has been working with sea otters for 28 years focusing on sea otter reproduction, population genetics, diet characteristics, nearshore ecology, and most recently the sea otter’s role in mitigating climate change. Dr. Larson has organized and run the Sea Otter Conservation Workshop in Seattle since 1999, serves as the Sea Otter Species Coordinator for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission’s Otter Specialist Group and co-edited Volume 1 of Sea Otter Conservation. Dr. Dayv Lowry received his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida Department of Integrative Biology, leads the Puget Sound Marine Fish Science Unit at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), and has been studying shark ecomorphology and conservation for 17 years. Dr. Lowry has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and government reports on the biology and ecology of marine fishes. Dr. Lowry has organized and run international marine fish research symposia, developed and implemented fishery policies that promote sustainable conservation, and is currently a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Northeast Pacific Shark Specialist Group tasked with defining the conservation status of all shark species in the northeastern Pacific. He also serves as the WDFW representative on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee.

• 1.Introduction to sharks in Mexico biology and conservationD. Lowry and S.E. Larson 2.Shark movement patterns in the Mexican Pacific: A conservation and management perspectiveJames T. Ketchum, Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, Alejandro Aldana-Moreno, Kathryn Ayres, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Alex Hearn, Frida Lara-Lizardi, Gador Muntaner-López, Miquel Grau, Abel Trejo-Ramírez, Darren Whitehead and A. Peter Klimley3.Fisheries interactions and the challenges for target and non-targeted take on shark conservation in the Mexican PacificOscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Emiliano García-Rodríguez, Christian D. Morales-Portillo, Juan C. Pérez-Jiménez, M. del Carmen Rodríguez-Medrano, Joseph J. Bizzarro and José Leonardo Castillo-Géniz4.Shark ecotourism in Mexico: Scientific research, conservation, and contribution to a Blue EconomyA.M. Cisneros-Montemayor, E.E. Becerril-García, O. Berdeja-Zavala and A. Ayala-Bocos5.Conclusions: Do we eat them or watch them, or both? Challenges for conservation of sharks in Mexico and the NEPOscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Shawn E. Larson and Dayv Lowry