AFSC/RACE/GAP/Conrath: Notes on the Reproductive Biology of Female Salmon Sharks in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean

Little information has previously been published on the reproductive biology of the salmon shark in the Eastern North Pacific ocean. This data set incorporates basic biological and reproductive information collected from female salmon sharks collected in September 2010 to February 2012.

These data were collected to enhance our knowledge of the reproductive biology of salmon sharks within this region.

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There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed.

User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested.

Attributes were assessed using by experienced shark researchers utilizing standard biological measurements.

Salmon sharks were obtained from commercial fishing operations. To the extent possible all measurements were taken; some reproductive measurements were omitted for immature salmon sharks with undeveloped reproductive tracts. These omissions were due to the difficulty in measuring these small undeveloped structures.

The data set provides observations with limited relationships. A two sample t test was used to observe relationships between reproductive state and the size of various reproductive structures.

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