A ray of hope? The re-appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction.

Autor: Moore ABM; School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Anglesey, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of fish biology [J Fish Biol] 2023 Jun; Vol. 102 (6), pp. 1503-1505. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 29.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15385
Abstrakt: A 2019 photograph of a blue skate Dipturus batis caught in Welsh waters is the first species-specific evidence of the "common skate" complex occurring in its former range in the main body of the Irish Sea over four decades after it was considered to have been extirpated there. This possible precursor to recolonisation of former range adds to growing evidence for the recovery of skate species in the North Atlantic and highlights the valuable role of anglers and social media as a complement to important, yet costly, scientific surveys when monitoring rare fishes.
(© 2023 The Author. Journal of Fish Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Fisheries Society of the British Isles.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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