Central America and the Caribbean Regional Group
Co-Regional Vice Chairs:
Mario Espinoza, Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (Mexico)
Regional Members:
Ramon Bonfil, Océanos Vivientes (Mexico)
Rachel Graham, Mar Alliance
Sebastian Hernandez, Veritas University (Nigeria)
Erick Oñate, Mazatlan Station of UNAM (Mexico)
Juan Carlos Pérez Jiménez, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) (Mexico)
Ilena Zanella, Misión Tiburón (Costa Rica)
Mario Espinoza, Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (Mexico)
Regional Members:
Ramon Bonfil, Océanos Vivientes (Mexico)
Rachel Graham, Mar Alliance
Sebastian Hernandez, Veritas University (Nigeria)
Erick Oñate, Mazatlan Station of UNAM (Mexico)
Juan Carlos Pérez Jiménez, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) (Mexico)
Ilena Zanella, Misión Tiburón (Costa Rica)
Publications
Clarke, T.M., Espinoza, M., Ahrens, R. and Wehrtmann, I.S. 2015. Elasmobranch bycatch associated with the shrimp trawl fishery off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America. Fishery Bulletin 114(1).
Clarke, T.M., Espinoza, M., Chaves, R.R. and Wehrtmann, I.S. 2018. Assessing the vulnerability of demersal elasmobranchs to a data-poor shrimp trawl fishery in Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific. Biological Conservation 217: 321-328.
Clarke, T.M., Espinoza, M. and Wehrtmann, I.S. 2014. Reproductive ecology of demersal elasmobranchs from a data-deficient fishery, Pacific of Costa Rica, Central America. Fisheries Research 157: 96-105.
Dapp, D., Arauz, R., Spotila, J.R. and O'Connor, M.P. 2013. Impacts of Costa Rican longline fishery on its bycatch of sharks, stingrays, bony fish and olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 44: 228-239.
Espinoza, M., Diaz, E., Angulo, A., Haernández, S. and Clarke, T.M. 2018. Chondrichthyan diversity, conservation status, and management challenges in Costa Rica. Frontiers in Marine Science 5(85).
Espinoza, M., Munroe, S.E.M., Clarke, T.M., Fisk, A.T. and Wehrtmann, I.S. 2015. Feeding ecology of common demersal elasmobranch species in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica inferred from stale isotope and stomach content analyses. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 470: 12-25.
Garro, A.L., Vargas, R.A., Zanella, I. and Le Foulgo, L. 2009. Análisis de las capturas de tiburones y rayas en las pesquerías artesanales de Tárcoles, Pacífico Central de Costa Rica / Analysis of shark and ray catches in Tarcoles artisinal fisheries in Central Pacific Costa Rica. Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras 1: 145-157.
Kyne, P.M., Carlson, J.K., Ebert, D.A., Fordham, S.V., Bizzarro, J.J., Graham, R.T., Kulka, D.W., Tewes, E.E., Harrison, L.R. and Dulvy, N.K. (eds). 2012. The Conservation Status of North American, Central American, and Caribbean Chondrichthyans. IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, Vancouver, Canada.
McKinney, J.A., Hoffmayer, E.R., Holmberg, J., Graham, R.T., Driggers III, W.B., de la Parra-Venegas, R., Galván-Pastoriza, B.E., Fox, S., Pierce, S.J. and Dove, A.D., 2017. Long-term assessment of whale shark population demography and connectivity using photo-identification in the Western Atlantic Ocean. PloS one, 12(8), p.e0180495.
Ward-Paige, C.A., Mora, C., Lotze, H., Pattengill-Semmens, C., McClenachan, M., Arias-Castro, E. and Myers, R.A. 2010. Large-scale absence of sharks on reefs in the greater-Caribbean: a footprint of human pressures. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11968.
Whoriskey, S., Arauz, R. and Baum, J.K. 2011. Potential impacts of emerging mahi-mahi fisheries on sea turtle and elasmobranch bycatch species. Biological Conservation 144(2): 1841-1849.
Zanella, I., López, A. and Arauz, R. 2009. Caracterizacíon de la pesca del tiburóne martillo, Sphyna lewini, en la parte externa del Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica / Characterization of the fishing of the hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, on the outside of the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras 1: 175-195.
Zeller D., Graham R.T. and Harper S. 2011. Reconstruction of total marine fisheries catches for Belize, 1950-2008. Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia. 142-151 p.
Clarke, T.M., Espinoza, M., Chaves, R.R. and Wehrtmann, I.S. 2018. Assessing the vulnerability of demersal elasmobranchs to a data-poor shrimp trawl fishery in Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific. Biological Conservation 217: 321-328.
Clarke, T.M., Espinoza, M. and Wehrtmann, I.S. 2014. Reproductive ecology of demersal elasmobranchs from a data-deficient fishery, Pacific of Costa Rica, Central America. Fisheries Research 157: 96-105.
Dapp, D., Arauz, R., Spotila, J.R. and O'Connor, M.P. 2013. Impacts of Costa Rican longline fishery on its bycatch of sharks, stingrays, bony fish and olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 44: 228-239.
Espinoza, M., Diaz, E., Angulo, A., Haernández, S. and Clarke, T.M. 2018. Chondrichthyan diversity, conservation status, and management challenges in Costa Rica. Frontiers in Marine Science 5(85).
Espinoza, M., Munroe, S.E.M., Clarke, T.M., Fisk, A.T. and Wehrtmann, I.S. 2015. Feeding ecology of common demersal elasmobranch species in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica inferred from stale isotope and stomach content analyses. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 470: 12-25.
Garro, A.L., Vargas, R.A., Zanella, I. and Le Foulgo, L. 2009. Análisis de las capturas de tiburones y rayas en las pesquerías artesanales de Tárcoles, Pacífico Central de Costa Rica / Analysis of shark and ray catches in Tarcoles artisinal fisheries in Central Pacific Costa Rica. Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras 1: 145-157.
Kyne, P.M., Carlson, J.K., Ebert, D.A., Fordham, S.V., Bizzarro, J.J., Graham, R.T., Kulka, D.W., Tewes, E.E., Harrison, L.R. and Dulvy, N.K. (eds). 2012. The Conservation Status of North American, Central American, and Caribbean Chondrichthyans. IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, Vancouver, Canada.
McKinney, J.A., Hoffmayer, E.R., Holmberg, J., Graham, R.T., Driggers III, W.B., de la Parra-Venegas, R., Galván-Pastoriza, B.E., Fox, S., Pierce, S.J. and Dove, A.D., 2017. Long-term assessment of whale shark population demography and connectivity using photo-identification in the Western Atlantic Ocean. PloS one, 12(8), p.e0180495.
Ward-Paige, C.A., Mora, C., Lotze, H., Pattengill-Semmens, C., McClenachan, M., Arias-Castro, E. and Myers, R.A. 2010. Large-scale absence of sharks on reefs in the greater-Caribbean: a footprint of human pressures. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11968.
Whoriskey, S., Arauz, R. and Baum, J.K. 2011. Potential impacts of emerging mahi-mahi fisheries on sea turtle and elasmobranch bycatch species. Biological Conservation 144(2): 1841-1849.
Zanella, I., López, A. and Arauz, R. 2009. Caracterizacíon de la pesca del tiburóne martillo, Sphyna lewini, en la parte externa del Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica / Characterization of the fishing of the hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, on the outside of the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras 1: 175-195.
Zeller D., Graham R.T. and Harper S. 2011. Reconstruction of total marine fisheries catches for Belize, 1950-2008. Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia. 142-151 p.
