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Observations on blue sharks, Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae), from the Algerian coast (southern Mediterranean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2003

F. Hemida  and
C. Capapé
F. Hemida
Affiliation:
Faculté des Sciences Biologiques, Université Houari Boumédienne, BP 32, 16 111 El-Alia, Algiers, Algeria
C. Capapé
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie, cc 102, Université Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 34095 Montpellier cedex 05, France
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Abstract

Investigations conducted off the Algerian coast between 1996 and 2001 resulted in the collection of 201 blue sharks, Prionace glauca, including 144 females and 57 males. Prionace glauca is mainly captured off the central area and lesser in the eastern area from the Algerian coast. The central area is probably a mating site of the species. The sex ratio changes are calculated according to specimen sizes and seasons. The recent abundance of the species in Mediterranean areas is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , August 2003 , pp. 873 - 874
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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