In the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) elasmobranchs play important roles in ecosystems as apex and mesopredators and contribute high socio-economic value to coastal communities. Their diversity in the WIO is amongst the highest globally yet few studies have assessed the occur- rence of various species in catches. Demersal trawl catches from Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and South Africa (East Coast) were analysed using G...

The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) hosts substantial marine biodiversity, which is better known from inshore and coastal hab- itats. The diversity from soft sediments of the shelf and slope is much less known regionally, which was the premise for the WIO-Benth Project. Existing seabed information and bottom trawl catch data were compiled for five countries (Kenya, Tanza- nia, Mozambique, South Africa, and Madagascar), to character...

In the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) elasmobranchs play important roles in ecosystems as apex and mesopredators and contribute high socio-economic value to coastal communities. Their diversity in the WIO is amongst the highest globally yet few studies have assessed the occur- rence of various species in catches. Demersal trawl catches from Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and South Africa (East Coast) were analysed using G...

The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) hosts substantial marine biodiversity, which is better known from inshore and coastal hab- itats. The diversity from soft sediments of the shelf and slope is much less known regionally, which was the premise for the WIO-Benth Project. Existing seabed information and bottom trawl catch data were compiled for five countries (Kenya, Tanza- nia, Mozambique, South Africa, and Madagascar), to character...