As part of its FAO Fisheries Technical Papers series, the FAO Fisheries Department, jointly with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), has just published "Management techniques for elasmobranch fisheries", edited by J.A. Musick and R. Bonfil. This 251-page manual describes the scientific principles and techniques used for resource management of elasmobranch fisheries (i.e. sharks, skates and rays) with emphasis on the particular context of elasmobranchs. Chapter 5, by E.J. Heist, deals with the use of molecular markers to estimate stock structure in marine elasmobranchs. See http://www.fao.org/tempref/docrep/fao/008/a0212e/a0212E00.pdf or contact [email protected] for more information.

07/06/2006