https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Permanent magnets reduce bycatch of benthic sharks in an ocean trap fishery https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36708 Pagrus auratus) where more than 10% of the total catch is comprised of unwanted elasmobranchs and the presence of elasmobranchs reduces the catch of target species. Over 1000 fish traps were deployed in a fishery-dependent survey in New South Wales, Australia. Standardised catch rates indicate that the incorporation of magnets into fish traps significantly reduced incidences of elasmobranch bycatch (mainly Brachaelurus waddi) by over a third, while increasing the amount of target fish caught by an equivalent amount. Together these results suggest that magnets can be used as an effective bycatch reduction device that reduces incidences of elasmobranch bycatch while increasing the profitability of fish traps for fishermen. Future studies should aim to replicate these results in areas where different species of elasmobranchs occur.]]> Thu 25 Jun 2020 15:56:41 AEST ]]> Embryonic mortality and predation on egg capsules of the Port Jackson shark Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer) https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:5275 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:46:27 AEDT ]]> The reproductive biology and ecology of the Port Jackson shark Heterodontus Portusjacksoni in the coastal waters of eastern Australia https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:4694 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:19:26 AEDT ]]>