title: Distribution patterns and population structure of the blue shark (<i>Prionace glauca</i>) in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans
abstract: Abstract The blue shark ( Prionace glauca ) is the most frequently captured shark in pelagic oceanic fisheries, especially pelagic longlines targeting swordfish and/or tunas. As part of cooperative scientific efforts for fisheries and biological data collection, information from fishery observers, scientific projects and surveys, and from recreational fisheries from several nations in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans was compiled. Data sets included information on location, size and sex, in a tota
journal: Fish and Fisheries