TY - JOUR
T1 - Current methods and best practice recommendations for skate and ray (Batoidea) research: Capture, handling, anaesthesia, euthanasia and tag attachment
AU - Orrell, D.L.
AU - Andrzejaczek, S.
AU - Armstrong, A.O.
AU - Barbosa Martins, A.
AU - Branco, I.
AU - Charvet, P.
AU - Chin, A.
AU - Elston, C.
AU - Espinoza, M.
AU - Greenway, E.S.I.
AU - McCully Philips , S.R.
AU - Mickle, M.F.
AU - Murray, T.S.
AU - Silva, J.F.
AU - Thorburn, J.
AU - Wosnick, J.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Skates and rays (Batoidea) play a significant ecological role, contributing to ecosystem services through bioturbation and acting as vital intermediate components of the trophic chain in various aquatic environments. Despite their wide global distribution and ecological importance, batoids receive less attention than their shark relatives, resulting in substantial knowledge gaps that might impede a comprehensive understanding of their conservation status. This review addresses critical aspects of their capture, handling, tagging, and release to provide readers with crucial information needed to perform research on batoids. Protocols for analgesia, anaesthesia, and euthanasia are also discussed, taking into account the ethical and logistical considerations necessary for research involving this group of species. This information can give researchers and ethics committees the knowledge to conduct and approve studies involving batoids, thereby promoting more effective and ethical research practices.
AB - Skates and rays (Batoidea) play a significant ecological role, contributing to ecosystem services through bioturbation and acting as vital intermediate components of the trophic chain in various aquatic environments. Despite their wide global distribution and ecological importance, batoids receive less attention than their shark relatives, resulting in substantial knowledge gaps that might impede a comprehensive understanding of their conservation status. This review addresses critical aspects of their capture, handling, tagging, and release to provide readers with crucial information needed to perform research on batoids. Protocols for analgesia, anaesthesia, and euthanasia are also discussed, taking into account the ethical and logistical considerations necessary for research involving this group of species. This information can give researchers and ethics committees the knowledge to conduct and approve studies involving batoids, thereby promoting more effective and ethical research practices.
U2 - 10.1007/s11160-024-09918-3
DO - 10.1007/s11160-024-09918-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0960-3166
VL - 35
SP - 117
EP - 144
JO - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
JF - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
IS - 1
ER -