An announcement from Cesar Berrios-Otero, Outreach Director at Faculty of 1000:
Shark Week is fast approaching and with it the potential for misinformation (re Megalodon special 2013) as well as an excellent opportunity for public education and outreach. Furthermore, with 25% of all sharks and their relatives in danger of extinction due to over fishing, at F1000Research (a new open science journal launched in 2013) we believe this is the ideal opportunity to raise awareness of elasmobranch biology and conservation efforts. In order to support these efforts we are planning the release of an article collection to coincide with this event. We are encouraging authors to contribute their work in order to highlight the importance of these indispensable apex predators.
We are looking for passionate shark biologists who would like to publish articles in the following areas:
- Policy, regulations and laws regarding shark conservation.
- Migration, feeding, ecology and behavior of sharks.
- Profiles of shark fisheries and future needs.
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