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A summary of the recreational shark fishing tournament landings data and Canadian Dart Tag Database from Maritimes region / by Heather Bowlby, Warren Joyce, Peterson (Jake) Coates and Carl MacDonald.: Fs97-6/3516E-PDF

"This report describes: (1) the history and data collected from annual recreational shark fishing tournaments in the Maritimes Region, Nova Scotia. These have been ongoing since 1993; and (2) data contained within the Canadian Dart Tag Database, which was initiated in 2006 in conjunction with the recreational shark fishing tournaments. All morphological sampling information from landings as well as the tag and recapture information have been archived on the Government of Canada Open Data Portal. This document is intended to facilitate interpretation of these data, focusing on Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) as the primary species captured at the tournaments"--Abstract, page iv.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Maritimes Region. Science Branch, issuing body.
  • Bedford Institute of Oceanography, issuing body.
TitleA summary of the recreational shark fishing tournament landings data and Canadian Dart Tag Database from Maritimes region / by Heather Bowlby, Warren Joyce, Peterson (Jake) Coates and Carl MacDonald.
Series title
  • Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5379 ; 3516
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Résumé des données sur les débarquements lors des tournois de pêche récréative au requin et de la base de données canadienne sur les étiquettes-aiguillons dans la région des Maritimes.
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 6).
  • Includes abstracts in English and French.
Publishing information
  • Dartmouth, NS : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Maritimes Region, Population Ecology Division : Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 2023.
  • ©2023
Author / Contributor
  • Bowlby, H. D., author.
Description1 online resource (iv, 26 pages) : maps, graphs.
ISBN9780660466071
Catalogue number
  • Fs97-6/3516E-PDF
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