
%0 Journal Article
%A McLoughlin, KJ 
%A Stevens, JD 
%T Gill-net mesh selectivities for two species of commercial carcharhinid shark taken in northern Australia
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1994/06/01
%V 45
%N 4
%P 521-534
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9940521
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9940521 
%X Experiments designed to estimate gill-net mesh selectivities for two species of commercially important sharks in northern Australia were carried out between 1983 and 1984. A gamma distribution model was used to obtain length-specific selectivities for Carcharhinus tilstoni and C. sorrah caught in nets with stretched-mesh sizes of 10, 15, 20 and 25 cm. Captured sharks were categorized as gilled or rolled (tangled) in the nets. The model provided a better fit to the data for C. sorrah than for C. tilstoni. 
