Diversity, spatial distribution and relative abundance of reef sharks using stereo baited remote underwater video around the windward islands of the Caribbean Netherlands

The most likely cause for the decline of many elasmobranchs is the combination of high fishing pressure and slow reproductive life-history characteristics. A key ambition of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Policy Plan 2013-2017, is the effective implementation of shark protection. The first step towards effective protection is to conduct a base-line survey and to develop robust, quantifiable objectives and reference points for conservation (and fisheries) in order to be able to evaluate the performance of management actions. Stereo Baited Remote Underwater Video Survey (BRUVS) is a noninvasive meth... Mehr ...