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Current methods and best practice recommendations for skate and ray (Batoidea) research: capture, handling, anaesthesia, euthanasia, and tag attachment
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Vol.35, pp.117-144
2025
Abstract
Skates and rays (Batoidea) play a significant ecological role, contributing to ecosystem services through bioturbation and acting as vital intermediate components of the trophic chain in various aquatic environments. Despite their wide global distribution and ecological importance, batoids receive less attention than their shark relatives, resulting in substantial knowledge gaps that might impede a comprehensive understanding of their conservation status. This review addresses critical aspects of their capture, handling, tagging, and release to provide readers with crucial information needed to perform research on batoids. Protocols for analgesia, anaesthesia, and euthanasia are also discussed, taking into account the ethical and logistical considerations necessary for research involving this group of species. This information can give researchers and ethics committees the knowledge to conduct and approve studies involving batoids, thereby promoting more effective and ethical research practices.
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- Title
- Current methods and best practice recommendations for skate and ray (Batoidea) research: capture, handling, anaesthesia, euthanasia, and tag attachment
- Authors
- Danielle L. Orrell (Corresponding Author) - University College CorkSamantha Andrzejaczek - Stanford UniversityAsia O. Armstrong - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringAna Barbosa Martins - James Cook UniversityIlka Branco - Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoPatricia Charvet - Universidade Federal do CearáAndrew Chin - James Cook UniversityChantel Elston - South African Institute for Aquatic BiodiversityMario Espinoza - Universidad de Costa RicaEleanor S. I. Greenway - Wageningen University & ResearchSophy R. McCully Phillips - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture ScienceMegan F. Mickle - University of WindsorTaryn S. Murray - South African Institute for Aquatic BiodiversityJoana F. Silva - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture ScienceJames Thorburn - Edinburgh Napier UniversityNatascha Wosnick - Cape Eleuthera Institute
- Publication details
- Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Vol.35, pp.117-144
- Publisher
- Springer Dordrecht
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11160-024-09918-3
- ISSN
- 1573-5184; 0960-3166
- Copyright note
- © The Author(s) 2025 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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- No datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.
- Grant note
- Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, 21/RDD/670.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991123252002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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