"A technical report of the Fisheries Bulletin." "September 1993." "This was the third symposium ... designed to elucidate the status of elasmobranch resources worldwide."--Intro. Includes bibliographical references.

Trends in shark abundance from 1974 to 1991 for the Chesapeake Bight region of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast / J.A. Musick, S. Branstetter, J.A. Colvocoresses -- Shark bycatch in the northern Gulf of Mexico tuna longline fishery, 1988-91, with observations on the nearshore directed shark fishery / S.J. Russell -- An overview of Mexican shark fisheries, with suggestions for shark conservation in Mexico / S. Pleasants Applegate, F. Soltelo-Macias, L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena -- Status and review of the California skate fishery / L. Martin, G.D. Zorzi -- Application of mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis to the problem of species identification of sharks / A.P. Martin -- Shark conservation--educating the public / L. Martin -- A preliminary estimate of natural mortality of age-0 lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris / C.A. Manire, S.H. Gruber. (cont.) Biological parameters of commercially exploited silky sharks, Carcharhinus falciformis, from the Campeche Bank, Mexico / R. Bonfil, R. Mena, D. de Anda -- Growth characteristics and estimates of age at maturity of two species of skates (Raja binoculata and Raja rhina) from Monterey Bay, California / S.J. Zeiner, P. Wolf.