Preprint volume - SIBM

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Topic 4: THE ELASMOBRANCHS
interest and a positive appreciation of the concept. From the 2007 the MEDLEM
Database Application has been freely accessible at the website:
http://www.arpat.toscana.it/progetti/medlem (Serena et al., 2006). The background and
the update of the programme is consultable in two papers presented at the GFCM-SAC
Transversal workshop on selectivity improvement and by-catch reduction held in
Rome in 2008 and in Tunis in 2009 (Serena et al., 2009a). A total of 1224 records have
been registered so far. 17 research institutes, from corresponding Mediterranean
countries, participate in the MEDLEM programme. The greater proportion of data
come from Italy followed by Croatia and Spain. However, it is worth noting that
records from Croatia and Spain are mainly referred to bibliography. About 50% are
records of the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), but some records are referred to
species rarely observed, such as Squatina squatina and S. oculata, representing in
prospective an important source of information for the distribution, behaviour and
biology of these species.
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SERENA F., BARONE M., MANCUSI C., MAGNELLI G., VACCHI M. (2006) - The MEDLEM
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