Academic Resources

Peer reviewed articles

Dedman, S., Officer, R., Brophy, D., Clarke, M. and Reid, D.G., 2017. Advanced Spatial Modeling to Inform Management of Data-Poor Juvenile and Adult Female Rays. Fishes, 2(3), p.12.

Wogerbauer, C., O’Reilly, S., Doody, C. and Roche, W., 2016. Recent data (2007-2013) from the Irish blue shark recreational fishery. Collect. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT, 72(5), pp.1150-1166.

Griffiths, A.M., Miller, D.D., Egan, A., Fox, J., Greenfield, A. and Mariani, S., 2013. DNA barcoding unveils skate (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) species diversity in ‘ray’products sold across Ireland and the UK. PeerJ, 1, p.e129.

Lieber, L., Berrow, S., Johnston, E., Hall, G., Hall, J., Gubili, C., Sims, D.W., Jones, C.S. and Noble, L.R., 2013. Mucus: aiding elasmobranch conservation through non-invasive genetic sampling. Endangered Species Research, 21(3), pp.215-222.

Lyne, P. and Quigley, D.T., 2013. Observations on the behaviour of Blue Shark (Prionace glauca L.) and Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus Gunnerus) in the North Celtic Sea. The Irish Naturalists’ Journal, 33(1), pp.69-70.

Heath, M.R., Neat, F.C., Pinnegar, J.K., Reid, D.G., Sims, D.W. and Wright, P.J., 2012. Review of climate change impacts on marine fish and shellfish around the UK and Ireland. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 22(3), pp.337-367.

Coelho, Rui. “Biology and management of dogfish sharks.” (2010): 415-416.

Farrell, E.D., Mariani, S. and Clarke, M.W., 2010. Reproductive biology of the starry smooth‐hound shark Mustelus asterias: geographic variation and implications for sustainable exploitation. Journal of Fish Biology, 77(7), pp.1505-1525.

Farrell, E.D., Mariani, S & Clarke, M.W., 2010. Age and growth estimates for the starry smoothhound (Mustelus asterias) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsp295

Clarke, M.W., 2009. Sharks, skates and rays in the northeast Atlantic: population status, advice and management. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 25, pp.3-8.

Green, P., O’Sullivan, D., Roche, W., Fitzmaurice, P., Stokes, D., O’Reilly, S., Kierse, G., Kenny, M., Mariani, S. and Clarke, M., 2009. Data on blue shark from the Irish recreational fishery. Collect. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT, 64(5), pp.1522-1536.

Farrell, E.D., Clarke, M.W. & Mariani, S., 2009. A simple genetic identification method for Northeast Atlantic smoothhound sharks (Mustelus spp.). ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 561-565.

Clarke, M., Guzman, D., Ellis, J., Frentzel-Beyme, B., Figueiredo, I., Helle, K., Johnston, G., Pinho, M., Seret, B., Dobby, H. and Hariede, N., 2008. An overview of pelagic shark fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic. ICCAT Collective Volume of Scientific Papers, 62(5), pp.1483-1493.

García, V.B., Lucifora, L.O. and Myers, R.A., 2008. The importance of habitat and life history to extinction risk in sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 275(1630), pp.83-89.

Ellis, J.R., Clarke, M.W., Cortés, E., Heessen, H.J., Apostolaki, P., Carlson, J.K. and Kulka, D.W., 2008. Management of elasmobranch fisheries in the North Atlantic. In Advances in Fisheries Science. 50 years on from Beverton and Holt (pp. 184-228). Blackwell Publishing Oxford.

Quigley, D.T.G., Hannon, G. & Flannery, K., 2008. Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) in Irish waters: further records and a review of Irish records. Irish Naturalists Journal, 29: 7-12.

Clarke, M.W. & Irvine, S.B., 2006. Terminology for the ageing of chondrichthyan fish using dorsal-fin spines. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 77: 273-277.

Gallagher, M.J., Green, M.J. & Nolan, C.P., 2006. The potential use of caudal thorns as a non-invasive ageing structure in the thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata Donovan, 1808). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 77: 265-272.

Barker, M.J. and Schluessel, V., 2005. Managing global shark fisheries: suggestions for prioritizing management strategies. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 15(4), pp.325-347.

Calis, E., Jackson, E.H., Nolan, C.P. & Jeal, F., 2005. Preliminary age and growth estimates of the rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosa, with implications for future resource managment. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35: 15-26.

Gallagher, M.J., Jeal, F. & Nolan, C.P., 2005a. An investigation of the Irish Ray Fishery in ICES Divisions VIIa and VIIg. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35: 1-13.

Gallagher, M.J., Nolan, C.P. & Jeal, F., 2005b. The structure and growth processes of caudal thorns. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35: 125-129.

Gallagher, M.J., Nolan, C.P. & Jeal, F., 2004. Age, Growth and Maturity of the Commercial Ray Species from the Irish Sea. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35: 47-66.

Henderson, A.C., Arkhipkin, A.I. & Chtcherbich, J.N., 2004. Distribution, Growth and Reproduction of the White-spotted Skate, Bathyraja albomaculata (Norman, 1937) around the Falkland Islands. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35: 79-87.

Ivory, P., Jeal, F. & Nolan, C.P., 2004. Age determination, growth and reproduction in the lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (L.). Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 34: 89-106.

Wheeler, A.C., Merrett, N.R. & Quigley, D.T.G., 2004. Additional records and notes for Wheeler’s (1992) “List of the Common and Scientific Names of Fishes of the British Isles”. Journal of Fish Biology, 65 (Supplement B): 1-40.

Henderson, A.C., Flannery, K. & Dunne, J., 2003. Biological observations on shark species taken in commercial fisheries to the west of Ireland. Biology and Environment:Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 103B: 1 – 7.

Clarke, M.W., Connolly, P.L. & Bracken, J.J., 2002a. Age estimation of the exploited deepwater shark Centrophorus squamosus from the continental slopes of the Rockall Trough and Porcupine Bank. Journal of Fish Biology, 60: 501-514.

Clarke, M.W., Connolly, P.L. & Bracken, J.J., 2002b. Catch, discarding, age estimation, growth and maturity of the squalid shark Deania calceus west and north of Ireland. Fisheries Research, 56: 139-153.

Henderson, A.C., Flannery, K. & Dunne, J., 2002. Growth and reproduction in spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias L. (Elasmobranchii: Squalidae), from the west coast of Ireland. Sarsia, 87: 350-361.

Clarke, M.W., Connolly, P.L. & Bracken, J.J., 2001. Aspects of reproduction of the deep water sharks Centroscymnus coelolepis and Centrophorus squamosus from west of Ireland and Scotland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 81: 1019-1029.

Henderson, A.C. & Williams, R.S., 2001. A new record of the sharpnose seven-gill shark Heptranchias perlo, from the North-east Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 81: 707-708.

Henderson, A.C., Flannery, K. & Dunne, J., 2001. Observations on the biology and ecology of the blue shark in the North-east Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology, 58: 1347-1358.

Agnew, D.J., Nolan, C.P., Beddington, J.R. & Baranowski, R., 2000. Approaches to the assessment and management of multispecies skate and ray fisheries using the Falkland Islands fishery as an example. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 57: 429-440.

Clarke, M.W., 2000. Records of deep water chondrichthyan fish caught on long-line in the Rockall Trough. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 80: 377-378.

Quigley, D.T.G., 2000. Ireland’s Marine Fish Fauna – An Assessment of Biodiversity. In: B.S. Rushton (ed.) Biodiversity: The Irish Dimension. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. pp 59-75.

Gallagher, M & Nolan, C.P., 1999. A novel method for the estimation of age and growth in rajids using caudal thorns. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 56: 1590-1599.

Henderson, A. C., Quigley, D. T. G. & Flannery, K., 1999. The shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, and the pelagic stingray Dasyatis violacea Bonaparte, in Irish waters. Irish Naturalists Journal, 26: 260 – 266.

Henderson, A. C. & Dunne, J. J., 1999. An introduction to the parasites of the thornback ray Raja clavata L. from the west coast of Ireland. Irish Naturalists Journal, 26: 172 – 174.

Henderson, A. C. & Dunne, J. J., 1999. Food of the lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula (L.) in Galway Bay. Irish Naturalists Journal, 26: 191 – 194.

Henderson, A. C. & Dunne, J. J., 1998. Metazoan parasites of the lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula (L.) from the Galway Bay area. Irish Naturalists Journal, 26: 104 – 107.

Quigley, D.T.G.  & Flannery, K., 1997. Fish Notes: Darkie Charlie Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788). Irish Naturalists Journal, 25: 457-459.

Henderson, A. C. 1996. Oxynotus paradoxus Frade. Irish Naturalists Journal, 25: 228 – 229.

Quigley, D.T.G. & Flannery, K., 1996. Fish Notes: Oxynotus paradoxus (Frade 1929). Irish Naturalists Journal, 25: 227-228.

Quigley, D.T.G. & Flannery, K., 1995. Fish Notes: Spurdog Squalus acanthias L. & Porbeagle Shark Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Irish Naturalists Journal, 25: 152-153.

Quigley, D.T.G. & Flannery, K., 1994. Fish Notes: Juvenile Tope (Galeorhinus galeus L.). Irish Naturalists Journal, 24: 519-521.

Quigley, D.T.G. & Flannery, K., 1994. Oxynotus paradoxus (Frade, 1925) in Irish waters: further records and a review of Irish records. Irish Naturalists Journal, 24: 502-505.

Quigley, D.T.G. & Flannery, K., 1994. Fish Notes: Thornback Ray (Raja clavata L.) & Rabbit Fish (Chimaera monstrosa L.). Irish Naturalists Journal, 24: 408-412.

Quigley, D.T.G. & Flannery, K., 1989. Fish Notes: Greater-spotted dogfish Scyliohinus stellaris (L.). Irish Naturalists Journal, 23: 115-117.

Quigley, D.T.G. & Henry, G., 1985. A further record of the rabbit fish Chimaera monstrosa (L.) from Irish inshore waters. Irish Naturalists Journal, 21: 476-477.

 

Reports

Fischer, J., Erikstein, K., D’Offay, B., Guggisberg, S. and Barone, M., 2012. Review of the Implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular, (C1076), p.I.

Hamlett, W. C., Rozycki, T., Brunette, N., Hysell, M., Tumilty, K., Henderson, A. & Dunne, J., 1999. Microanatomy of the male genital ducts in the clearnose skate Raja eglantaria. Proceedings of the 5th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (Noumea) 281- 291.

Fahy, E. & Gleeson, P., 1990. The post-peak-yield gill-net fishery for spurdog Squalus acanthias L. Western Ireland. In Irish Fisheries Investigations Series B, vol. 35 pp. 1-12. Dublin: Department of the Marine.

Fahy, E., 1989a. Fisheries for ray (Batoidei) in western statistical area viia, investigated through the commercial catches. In Irish Fisheries Investigations Series B, vol. 34 pp. 1-14. Dublin: Department of the Marine.

Fahy, E., 1989b. The spurdog Squalus acanthias (L) fishery in south west Ireland. In Irish Fisheries Investigations Series B, vol. 32 pp. 1-22. Dublin: Department of the Marine.

Fahy, E., 1989c. The value of alterations in the fecundity to an exploited shark population, illustrated by Squalus acanthais (L.). In ICES CM.

Fahy, E., Green, P., Borges, L., Power, A. & McGuinness, E., Sequel of the directed fishery for spurdog in the 1980′s off the west coast of Ireland. Unpublished.

 

Academic theses

Farrell. E. D., 2010. The life history and population biology of the starry smooth-hound, Mustelus asterias, in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. PhD Thesis. University College Dublin, Ireland.

Preston, C., 2008. A study of the feeding habits of the starry smooth-hound, Mustelus asterias, in the Northeast Atlantic. B.Sc. (Hons) Thesis. University College Dublin, Ireland.

Calis, E., 2002. Age and growth estimates of the rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosa. B.A. (Mod.) Thesis. University of Dublin, Trinity College.

Jackson, E,.H., 2001. A study of the demography of the deepwater rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosa, and investigations into possible ageing techniques. B.A. (Mod.) Thesis. University of Dublin, Trinity College.

Clarke, M. W., 2000. Aspects of the biology of three exploited deepwater sharks Centrophorus squamosus, Centroscymnus coelolepis and Deania calceus(Elasmobranchii:Squalidae) from the continental slopes of the Rockall Trough and Porcupine Bank. PhD Thesis. University College Dublin, Ireland.

Henderson, A. C., 2000. Observations on the biology of sharks taken in Irish waters, with particular reference to the blue shark (Prionace glauca L.), the spurdog (Squalus acanthias L.), and the lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula L.). Ph.D. Thesis. National University of Ireland, Galway.

Ivory, Ivory, P., 1999. A study of the ageing and demography of the lesser – spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula). B.A. (Mod.) Thesis. University of Dublin, Trinity College.

McCreary, T. M., 1999. Comparison of the morphological maturity scale and testis histology of the Falkland Island skate (Bathyraja sp.). B.A. (Mod.) Thesis. University of Dublin, Trinity College.

Foley, D., 1998. Estimates of length and age at maturity of four Irish ray species. B.A. (Mod.) Thesis. University of Dublin, Trinity College.

Hayes, S., 1998. The parasites and diet of Raja clavata and Raja montagui from the Galway Bay area. B.Sc. (Hons) Thesis. National University of Ireland, Galway.

Mitchell, S., 1998. A study on the parasites of four species of ray from the Irish Sea. B.A (Mod.) Thesis. University of Dublin, Trinity College.

Deane, J., 1997. Development of maturity indices for Irish ray species. B.A. (Mod.) Thesis. University of Dublin, Trinity College.

McWilliams, S., 1996. A study of age determination of four commercially important species of Irish rays. B.A. (Mod.) Thesis. University of Dublin, Trinity College.

Henderson, A. C., 1995. The parasites and diet of Scyliorhinus canicula and Raja clavata with notes on other elasmobranch species recorded in the Galway Bay area. B.Sc. (Hons) Thesis. National University of Ireland, Galway.

Gallagher, M., 1994. Age determination of Bathyraja brachyurops using vertebral centra analysis. B.A. (Mod.) Thesis.