Northwest Atlantic Regional Group
Co-Regional Vice Chairs:
John Carlson, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service (USA)
David W. Kulka, Fisheries & Oceans Canada (Canada)
SSG Deputy Chair:
Sonja V. Fordham, Shark Advocates International (USA)
Regional Members:
Merry Camhi, Wildlife Conservation Society (USA)
Steven Campana, University of Iceland, Reykjavik (Iceland)
Paula Carlson, The Dallas World Aquarium (USA)
Demian Chapman, Stony Brook University (USA)
Enric Cortés, NOAA (USA)
Aurelie Cosandey-Godin, WWF Canada (Canada)
William Driggers, National Marine Fisheries Service (USA)
R. Dean Grubbs, Florida State University Coastal and Marine Lab (USA)
Alan Henningsen, National Aquarium (USA)
Carolyn Miri, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Canada)
James Sulikowski, University of New England (USA)
John Carlson, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service (USA)
David W. Kulka, Fisheries & Oceans Canada (Canada)
SSG Deputy Chair:
Sonja V. Fordham, Shark Advocates International (USA)
Regional Members:
Merry Camhi, Wildlife Conservation Society (USA)
Steven Campana, University of Iceland, Reykjavik (Iceland)
Paula Carlson, The Dallas World Aquarium (USA)
Demian Chapman, Stony Brook University (USA)
Enric Cortés, NOAA (USA)
Aurelie Cosandey-Godin, WWF Canada (Canada)
William Driggers, National Marine Fisheries Service (USA)
R. Dean Grubbs, Florida State University Coastal and Marine Lab (USA)
Alan Henningsen, National Aquarium (USA)
Carolyn Miri, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Canada)
James Sulikowski, University of New England (USA)
Publications
Abercrombie, D.L.,Chapman, D.D., Gulak, S.J.B. and Carlson, J.K.. 2013. Visual Identification of Fins from Common Elasmobranchs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. NMFS-SEFSC-643.
Carlson, J.K., Pollack, A.G., Driggers, W.B., III., Castro, J.I., Brame, A.B. and Lee, J.L. 2017. Revised analyses suggest that lesser electric ray Narcine bancroftii is not at risk of extinction. Endangered Species Research 32: 177-186.
Carlson, J.K. and Simpfendorfer, C.A. 2014. Recovery potential of smallthooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in the United States determined using population viability models. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 25(2): 187-200.
COSEWIC 2005. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the winter skate Leucoraja ocellata in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 41 pp.
COSEWIC. 2010. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Barndoor Skate Dipturus laevis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xiii + 71 pp.
COSEWIC. 2012. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Smooth Skate Malacoraja senta in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xix + 77 pp.
COSEWIC. 2012. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Thorny Skate Amblyraja radiata in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. ix + 75 pp.
Coulson, M.W., Denti, D., Van Guelpen, L., Miri, C., Kenchington, E. and Bentzen, P. 2011. DNA barcoding of Canada's skates. Molecular Ecology Resources11: 968-978.
Gauthier, J. and Nozères, C. 2016. Review of Winter Skate (Leucoraja ocellata) in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence in Support of a Recovery Potential Assessment. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2016/075. v + 22 p.
Grubbs, R.D., Calrson, J.K., Romine, J.G., Tobey, T.H., McElroy, W.D., McCandless, C.T., Cotton, C.F. and Musick, J.A. 2016. Critical assessment and ramifications of a purported marine trophic cascade. Nature 6(20970).
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.
Lynghammar, A., Praebel, K., Bhat, S., Fevolden, S. -E., and Christiansen, J.S. 2016. Widespread physical mixing of starry ray from differentiated populations and life histories in the North Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 562: 123-134.
MacNeil, M.A., McMeans, B.C., Hussey, N.E., Vecsei, P., Svavarsson, J., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Treble, M.A., Skomal, G.B., Ransey, M. and Fisk, A.T. 2012. Biology of the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus. Journal of Fish BIology 80: 991-1018.
Carlson, J.K., Pollack, A.G., Driggers, W.B., III., Castro, J.I., Brame, A.B. and Lee, J.L. 2017. Revised analyses suggest that lesser electric ray Narcine bancroftii is not at risk of extinction. Endangered Species Research 32: 177-186.
Carlson, J.K. and Simpfendorfer, C.A. 2014. Recovery potential of smallthooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in the United States determined using population viability models. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 25(2): 187-200.
COSEWIC 2005. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the winter skate Leucoraja ocellata in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 41 pp.
COSEWIC. 2010. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Barndoor Skate Dipturus laevis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xiii + 71 pp.
COSEWIC. 2012. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Smooth Skate Malacoraja senta in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xix + 77 pp.
COSEWIC. 2012. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Thorny Skate Amblyraja radiata in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. ix + 75 pp.
Coulson, M.W., Denti, D., Van Guelpen, L., Miri, C., Kenchington, E. and Bentzen, P. 2011. DNA barcoding of Canada's skates. Molecular Ecology Resources11: 968-978.
Gauthier, J. and Nozères, C. 2016. Review of Winter Skate (Leucoraja ocellata) in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence in Support of a Recovery Potential Assessment. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2016/075. v + 22 p.
Grubbs, R.D., Calrson, J.K., Romine, J.G., Tobey, T.H., McElroy, W.D., McCandless, C.T., Cotton, C.F. and Musick, J.A. 2016. Critical assessment and ramifications of a purported marine trophic cascade. Nature 6(20970).
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.
Lynghammar, A., Praebel, K., Bhat, S., Fevolden, S. -E., and Christiansen, J.S. 2016. Widespread physical mixing of starry ray from differentiated populations and life histories in the North Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 562: 123-134.
MacNeil, M.A., McMeans, B.C., Hussey, N.E., Vecsei, P., Svavarsson, J., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Treble, M.A., Skomal, G.B., Ransey, M. and Fisk, A.T. 2012. Biology of the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus. Journal of Fish BIology 80: 991-1018.
