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Sherman CS, Simpfendorfer CA, Haque AB, Digel ED, Zubick P, Eged J, Matsushiba JH, Sant G, Dulvy NK (2023) Guitarfishes are plucked: undermanaged in global fisheries despite declining populations and high volume of unreported international trade. Marine Policy 155:105753. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X23002865?dgcid=author
Simpfendorfer CA, Heithaus M, Heupel MR, MacNeil MA, Meekan M, Harvey E, Sherman CS et al. (2023) Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays. Science 380(6650):1155-1160. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade4884
Sherman CS, Digel ED, Zubick P, Eged J, Haque AB, Matsushiba JH, Simpfendorfer CA, Sant G, and Dulvy NK (2023) High extinction risk and management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks. Conservation Letters 23:e12940. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12940
Sherman CS, Simpfendorfer CA, Pacoureau N, et al. (2023) Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays. Nature Communications 14(15). www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35091-x
Pacoureau N, Carlson JK, Kindsvater HK, Rigby CL, Winker H, Simpfendorfer CA, Charvet P, Pollom RA, Barreto R, Sherman CS, et al. (2023) Conservation success and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays. PNAS 120(5):e2216891120. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216891120
Sherman CS, Sant G, Simpfendorfer CA, Digel ED, Zubick P, Johnson G, Usher M, and Dulvy NK (2022) M-Risk: A framework for assessing global fisheries management efficacy of sharks, rays, and chimaeras. Fish and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12695
Butt N, Halpern BS, O'Hara CC, Allcock AL, Polidoro B, Sherman S et al. (2022) A trait-based framework for assessing the vulnerability of marine species to human impacts. Ecosphere 13(2):e3919. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3919
Dulvy NK, Pacoureau N, Rigby CL, Pollom RA, Jabado RW, Ebert DA, Finucci B, Pollock CM, Cheok J, Derrick DH, Herman KB, Sherman CS et al. (2021) Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis. Current Biology 31(21):4773-4787.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.062
Sherman CS, Heupel MR, Johnson M, Kaimuddin M, Qamar LMS, Chin A, and Simpfendorfer CA (2020) Repeatability of baited remote underwater video station (BRUVS) results within and between seasons. PLoS One 15(12):e0244154. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244154
MacNeil MA, Chapman DD, Heupel M, Simpfendorfer CA, Heithaus M, Meekan M, Harvey E, Goetze J, Kiszka J, Bond ME, Currey-Randall LM, Sherman CS et al. (2020) Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks. Nature 583, 801-806. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y
Sherman CS, Heupel MR, Moore SK, Chin A, and Simpfendorfer CA (2020) When sharks are away, rays will play: effects of top predator removal in coral reef ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 641, 145-157. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13307
Simpfendorfer CA, Chin A, Rigby C, Sherman S, and White W (2019) Shark futures: A report card for Australia's sharks and rays. FRDC Project No 2013/009.
http://www.frdc.com.au/Archived-Reports/FRDC%20Projects/2013-009-DLD.pdf
Sherman CS, Chin A, Heupel MR, and Simpfendorfer CA (2018) Are we underestimating elasmobranch abundances on baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) using traditional metrics? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 503, 80-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.03.002
Sherman CS, Simpfendorfer CA, Haque AB, Digel ED, Zubick P, Eged J, Matsushiba JH, Sant G, Dulvy NK (2023) Guitarfishes are plucked: undermanaged in global fisheries despite declining populations and high volume of unreported international trade. Marine Policy 155:105753. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X23002865?dgcid=author
Simpfendorfer CA, Heithaus M, Heupel MR, MacNeil MA, Meekan M, Harvey E, Sherman CS et al. (2023) Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays. Science 380(6650):1155-1160. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade4884
Sherman CS, Digel ED, Zubick P, Eged J, Haque AB, Matsushiba JH, Simpfendorfer CA, Sant G, and Dulvy NK (2023) High extinction risk and management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks. Conservation Letters 23:e12940. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12940
Sherman CS, Simpfendorfer CA, Pacoureau N, et al. (2023) Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays. Nature Communications 14(15). www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35091-x
Pacoureau N, Carlson JK, Kindsvater HK, Rigby CL, Winker H, Simpfendorfer CA, Charvet P, Pollom RA, Barreto R, Sherman CS, et al. (2023) Conservation success and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays. PNAS 120(5):e2216891120. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216891120
Sherman CS, Sant G, Simpfendorfer CA, Digel ED, Zubick P, Johnson G, Usher M, and Dulvy NK (2022) M-Risk: A framework for assessing global fisheries management efficacy of sharks, rays, and chimaeras. Fish and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12695
Butt N, Halpern BS, O'Hara CC, Allcock AL, Polidoro B, Sherman S et al. (2022) A trait-based framework for assessing the vulnerability of marine species to human impacts. Ecosphere 13(2):e3919. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3919
Dulvy NK, Pacoureau N, Rigby CL, Pollom RA, Jabado RW, Ebert DA, Finucci B, Pollock CM, Cheok J, Derrick DH, Herman KB, Sherman CS et al. (2021) Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis. Current Biology 31(21):4773-4787.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.062
Sherman CS, Heupel MR, Johnson M, Kaimuddin M, Qamar LMS, Chin A, and Simpfendorfer CA (2020) Repeatability of baited remote underwater video station (BRUVS) results within and between seasons. PLoS One 15(12):e0244154. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244154
MacNeil MA, Chapman DD, Heupel M, Simpfendorfer CA, Heithaus M, Meekan M, Harvey E, Goetze J, Kiszka J, Bond ME, Currey-Randall LM, Sherman CS et al. (2020) Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks. Nature 583, 801-806. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y
Sherman CS, Heupel MR, Moore SK, Chin A, and Simpfendorfer CA (2020) When sharks are away, rays will play: effects of top predator removal in coral reef ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 641, 145-157. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13307
Simpfendorfer CA, Chin A, Rigby C, Sherman S, and White W (2019) Shark futures: A report card for Australia's sharks and rays. FRDC Project No 2013/009.
http://www.frdc.com.au/Archived-Reports/FRDC%20Projects/2013-009-DLD.pdf
Sherman CS, Chin A, Heupel MR, and Simpfendorfer CA (2018) Are we underestimating elasmobranch abundances on baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) using traditional metrics? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 503, 80-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.03.002