Age and growth of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis from the west coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico

The once-abundant silky shark population has declined drastically in recent years, caused by extensive by-catch in the tuna purse-seine and longline fishery in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As no information is available for this area on age, growth or population characteristics of this species, age and growth of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis in waters off the west coast of Baja California Sur were examined based on counts of growth...