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BRUVS reveal locally extinct shark and the way for shark monitoring in Brazilian oceanic islands |
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| Authors: | Caio R. Pimentel Ryan Andrades Carlos E. L. Ferreira Otto B. F. Gadig Euan S. Harvey Jean-Christophe Joyeux Tommaso Giarrizzo |
| Affiliation: | 1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Oceanografia Ambiental, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil;2. Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil;3. Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil;4. School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;5. Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia, Aquatic Ecology Group's Lab, Belém, Brazil |
| Abstract: | Here we present records of sharks obtained using baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (stereo-BRUVS) at two Brazilian oceanic islands. Fourteen of the 60 deployments recorded 19 sharks in Trindade Island. In Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (SPSPA), two pelagic and two demersal deployments recorded two and one shark, respectively, including the locally extinct Galapagos shark Carcharhinus galapagensis. Stereo-BRUVS should be considered as adjuncts to other non-invasive methods to monitor shark populations. |
| Keywords: | Carcharhinus galapagensis conservation status elasmobranch reef fish south-western Atlantic Ocean |