blacktip shark


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Noun1.blacktip shark - widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in inkblacktip shark - widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
Carcharhinus limbatus, sandbar shark
requiem shark - any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
Carcharhinus, genus Carcharhinus - type genus of the Carcharhinidae
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Abstract--The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) is the most commonly captured species in the Florida recreational shark fishery.
The physiological stress response, postrelease behavior, and mortality of blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) caught on circle and J-hooks in the Florida recreational fishery
Caption: DIVEBAR PRESIDENT DAVID BLACK, left, takes the measurements of a blacktip shark with the assistance of Dr.
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Descriptions of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico reef fish bottom longline and vertical line fisheries based on observer data
Australia's commercial shark fisheries take school shark, gummy shark, dusky shark, whiskery shark, sandbar shark and blacktip shark.
When predator becomes prey: shark attacks on swimmers or surfers have a tendency to make headlines. But, there has been less public interest in the insidious depletion of the world's shark populations due to overfishing and other human activities
With the exception of the 3 species of sharks considered potentially dangerous to humans--the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and the blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)--all species caught alive at haulback of the fishing gear were released back to sea.
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