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Comparison of life histories of two deep-water sharks from eastern Australia: the piked spurdog and the Philippine spurdog

Cassandra L. Rigby A C , Ross K. Daley B and Colin A. Simpfendorfer A
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A Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia.

B Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: cassandra.rigby@my.jcu.edu.au

Marine and Freshwater Research 67(10) 1546-1561 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF15176
Submitted: 3 May 2015  Accepted: 19 June 2015   Published: 7 October 2015

Abstract

Deep-water sharks have low biological productivity and are vulnerable to exploitation with species-specific regional life history required to enable effective management. The present study describes the life history of two squalids collected from Australia: (1) the piked spurdog (Squalus megalops) from the tropical Great Barrier Reef; and (2) the Philippine spurdog (S. montalbani) from New South Wales. Maximum observed ages for males and females were 18 and 25 years for S. megalops and 28 and 27 years for S. montalbani. Multiple growth models were all well supported and indicated very slow growth rates for both species. The tropical S. megalops population was smaller and older at maturity than previously reported temperate populations. Males were mature at 352-mm stretched total length (LST) and 12.6 years, whereas females were mature at 422 mm LST and 19.1 years. Squalus montalbani males were mature at 700 mm LST and 21.8 years, whereas females were mature at 800 mm LST and 26 years. Fecundity was lower for S. megalops than S. montalbani with two to three compared with nine to 16 embryos. Both species have a conservative life history, although in the event of overfishing the longer-lived, later-maturing and deeper-dwelling S. montalbani is likely to take longer to recover than S. megalops.

Additional keywords: age, growth, reproduction.


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