Diversity, abundance and size structure of pelagic sharks caught in tuna longline survey in the Indian seas

26-36<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:="" "times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"="" lang="EN-US">Diversity and abundance of pelagic shark bycatch in the tuna longline operations in northern Indian Ocean were examined for the period 2004-2010.  During the survey 1.2 million hooks were deployed in three regions of seas around India resulting in the catch of 1501 numbers of sharks. Significant variations in the diversity and abundance of pelagic sharks were observed among the three regions of Indian seas. Catches of sharks are prominent in Andaman & Nicobar region contributing 35.15% of the catch by number and 51.46% by weight. In the eastern Arabian Sea, sharks constituted 15.49% and 14.89% of the total catch by number and weight respectively.   In western Bay of Bengal, this group contributed 7.74% (by number) and 9.33% (by weight) to the total catch. Alopias pelagicus, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Carcharhinus limbatus, Alopias superciliosus and Carcharhinus falciformis were the dominant species of pelagic sharks observed in the Indian seas. Time series analysis of hooking rates revealed drastic decline in the abundance of pelagic sharks in the Arabian Sea as well as Bay of Bengal. </span

Abstracts of Scientifica 2022

This book contains the abstracts of the papers presented at Scientifica 2022, Organized by the Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India, held on 12–13 March 2022. This conference helps bring researchers together across the globe on one platform to help benefit the young researchers. There were six invited talks from different fields of Physiotherapy and seven panel discussions including over thirty speakers across the globe which made the conference interesting due to the diversity of topics covered during the conference. Conference Title:  Scientifica 2022Conference Date: 12–13 March 2022Conference Location: Sancheti Institute College of PhysiotherapyConference Organizer: Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, Indi