Deepwater Chondrichthyan Bycatch of the Eastern King Prawn Fishery in the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Identifieur interne : 000068 ( Pmc/Corpus ); précédent : 000067; suivant : 000069Deepwater Chondrichthyan Bycatch of the Eastern King Prawn Fishery in the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Auteurs : Cassandra L. Rigby ; William T. White ; Colin A. SimpfendorferSource :
- PLoS ONE [ 1932-6203 ] ; 2016.
Abstract
The deepwater chondrichthyan fauna of the Great Barrier Reef is poorly known and life history information is required to enable their effective management as they are inherently vulnerable to exploitation. The chondrichthyan bycatch from the deepwater eastern king prawn fishery at the Swain Reefs in the southern Great Barrier Reef was examined to determine the species present and provide information on their life histories. In all, 1533 individuals were collected from 11 deepwater chondrichthyan species, with the Argus skate
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156036
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PubMed Central: 4878763
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White</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff002"><addr-line>CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia</addr-line></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Simpfendorfer, Colin A" sort="Simpfendorfer, Colin A" uniqKey="Simpfendorfer C" first="Colin A." last="Simpfendorfer">Colin A. Simpfendorfer</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff001"><addr-line>Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia</addr-line></nlm:aff></affiliation></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno><idno type="pmid">27218654</idno><idno type="pmc">4878763</idno><idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878763</idno><idno type="RBID">PMC:4878763</idno><idno type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036</idno><date when="2016">2016</date><idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">000068</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">000068</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Deepwater Chondrichthyan Bycatch of the Eastern King Prawn Fishery in the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia</title><author><name sortKey="Rigby, Cassandra L" sort="Rigby, Cassandra L" uniqKey="Rigby C" first="Cassandra L." last="Rigby">Cassandra L. Rigby</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff001"><addr-line>Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia</addr-line></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="White, William T" sort="White, William T" uniqKey="White W" first="William T." last="White">William T. White</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff002"><addr-line>CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia</addr-line></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Simpfendorfer, Colin A" sort="Simpfendorfer, Colin A" uniqKey="Simpfendorfer C" first="Colin A." last="Simpfendorfer">Colin A. Simpfendorfer</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff001"><addr-line>Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia</addr-line></nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">PLoS ONE</title><idno type="eISSN">1932-6203</idno><imprint><date when="2016">2016</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><p>The deepwater chondrichthyan fauna of the Great Barrier Reef is poorly known and life history information is required to enable their effective management as they are inherently vulnerable to exploitation. The chondrichthyan bycatch from the deepwater eastern king prawn fishery at the Swain Reefs in the southern Great Barrier Reef was examined to determine the species present and provide information on their life histories. In all, 1533 individuals were collected from 11 deepwater chondrichthyan species, with the Argus skate <italic>Dipturus polyommata</italic>, piked spurdog <italic>Squalus megalops</italic> and pale spotted catshark <italic>Asymbolus pallidus</italic> the most commonly caught. All but one species is endemic to Australia with five species restricted to waters offshore from Queensland. The extent of life history information available for each species varied but the life history traits across all species were characteristic of deep water chondrichthyans with relatively large length at maturity, small litters and low ovarian fecundity; all indicative of low biological productivity. However, variability among these traits and spatial and bathymetric distributions of the species suggests differing degrees of resilience to fishing pressure. 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">PLoS One</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">PLoS ONE</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">plos</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">plosone</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>PLoS ONE</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">1932-6203</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Public Library of Science</publisher-name><publisher-loc>San Francisco, CA USA</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">27218654</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">4878763</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">PONE-D-15-36239</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v3"><subject>Biology and Life 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System</subject><subj-group><subject>Ovaries</subject></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v3"><subject>Medicine and Health Sciences</subject><subj-group><subject>Anatomy</subject><subj-group><subject>Reproductive System</subject><subj-group><subject>Ovaries</subject></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v3"><subject>Biology and Life Sciences</subject><subj-group><subject>Population Biology</subject><subj-group><subject>Population Metrics</subject><subj-group><subject>Fecundity</subject></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v3"><subject>Medicine and Health Sciences</subject><subj-group><subject>Urology</subject><subj-group><subject>Fecundity</subject></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v3"><subject>Biology and Life Sciences</subject><subj-group><subject>Organisms</subject><subj-group><subject>Animals</subject><subj-group><subject>Vertebrates</subject><subj-group><subject>Fishes</subject></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Deepwater Chondrichthyan Bycatch of the Eastern King Prawn Fishery in the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia</article-title><alt-title alt-title-type="running-head">Deepwater Chondrichthyans of the Eastern King Prawn Fishery, Southern Great Barrier Reef</alt-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rigby</surname><given-names>Cassandra L.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff001"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor001">*</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>White</surname><given-names>William T.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff002"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Simpfendorfer</surname><given-names>Colin A.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff001"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff001"><label>1</label><addr-line>Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff002"><label>2</label><addr-line>CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia</addr-line></aff><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="editor"><name><surname>Orejas</surname><given-names>Covadonga</given-names></name><role>Editor</role><xref ref-type="aff" rid="edit1"></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="edit1"><addr-line>Instituto Español de Oceanografía, SPAIN</addr-line></aff><author-notes><fn fn-type="conflict" id="coi001"><p><bold>Competing Interests: </bold>The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.</p></fn><fn fn-type="con" id="contrib001"><p>Conceived and designed the experiments: CLR WTW CAS. Performed the experiments: CLR. Analyzed the data: CLR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLR WTW CAS. Wrote the paper: CLR. Critical revision of manuscript: WTW CAS.</p></fn><corresp id="cor001">* E-mail: <email>Cassandra.rigby@my.jcu.edu.au</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>24</day><month>5</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>11</volume><issue>5</issue><elocation-id>e0156036</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received"><day>17</day><month>8</month><year>2015</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>9</day><month>5</month><year>2016</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© 2016 Rigby et al</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2016</copyright-year><copyright-holder>Rigby et al</copyright-holder><license xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</ext-link>, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri content-type="pdf" xlink:href="pone.0156036.pdf"></self-uri><abstract><p>The deepwater chondrichthyan fauna of the Great Barrier Reef is poorly known and life history information is required to enable their effective management as they are inherently vulnerable to exploitation. The chondrichthyan bycatch from the deepwater eastern king prawn fishery at the Swain Reefs in the southern Great Barrier Reef was examined to determine the species present and provide information on their life histories. In all, 1533 individuals were collected from 11 deepwater chondrichthyan species, with the Argus skate <italic>Dipturus polyommata</italic>, piked spurdog <italic>Squalus megalops</italic> and pale spotted catshark <italic>Asymbolus pallidus</italic> the most commonly caught. All but one species is endemic to Australia with five species restricted to waters offshore from Queensland. The extent of life history information available for each species varied but the life history traits across all species were characteristic of deep water chondrichthyans with relatively large length at maturity, small litters and low ovarian fecundity; all indicative of low biological productivity. However, variability among these traits and spatial and bathymetric distributions of the species suggests differing degrees of resilience to fishing pressure. To ensure the sustainability of these bycatch species, monitoring of their catches in the deepwater eastern king prawn fishery is recommended.</p></abstract><funding-group><funding-statement>CLR was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award, and the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society and Passions of Paradise provided funding via a Student Research Award (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://oceaniasharks.org.au/">http://oceaniasharks.org.au/</ext-link>). Water temperature data was sourced from the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - IMOS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.</funding-statement></funding-group><counts><fig-count count="6"></fig-count><table-count count="2"></table-count><page-count count="24"></page-count></counts><custom-meta-group><custom-meta id="data-availability"><meta-name>Data Availability</meta-name><meta-value>All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.</meta-value></custom-meta></custom-meta-group></article-meta><notes><title>Data Availability</title><p>All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.</p></notes></front><body><sec sec-type="intro" id="sec001"><title>Introduction</title><p>Deepwater chondrichthyans (i.e. shark, skate, ray and chimaera species whose distributions or majority of life cycle is predominantly below 200 m depth) are generally slower growing, later maturing and longer lived than chondrichthyans from shelf and pelagic habitats [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref001" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>]. This reduces their biological productivity and capacity to recover from exploitation, rendering them typically more vulnerable to fishing pressure than chondrichthyans from other habitats [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref002" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref003" ref-type="bibr">3</xref>]. Information on the life history of many deepwater chondrichthyan species is lacking and is needed to enable assessment of their ability to sustain fishing pressure and for the development of effective conservation and management strategies [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref004" ref-type="bibr">4</xref>].</p><p>The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) has one third of its area in deepwater (>200 m depth) with these areas poorly known and rarely surveyed [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref005" ref-type="bibr">5</xref>]. Most of the chondrichthyans reported from deep habitats within the GBRMP were collected in research trawl surveys by the FRV <italic>Soela</italic> in the mid 1980’s [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref006" ref-type="bibr">6</xref>]. To date, 54 species of deepwater chondrichthyans are known to occur in the GBRMP [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref007" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>] (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s001">S1 Table</xref>). Thirty-five of these are endemic to Australia with 19 of the endemics occurring only in waters offshore from Queensland, and a further eight species restricted to the east coast of Australia (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s001">S1 Table</xref>). This high level of endemism and geographically restricted distribution is common among deepwater chondrichthyans and potentially further reduces their resilience to fishing pressure [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref008" ref-type="bibr">8</xref>].</p><p>There is a general lack of life history data on deepwater chondrichthyan species in the GBRMP with a number of the species listed as Threatened by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and almost half listed as Data Deficient (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s001">S1 Table</xref>). They are considered at risk in the GBRMP due to the lack of biological information, their intrinsic vulnerability and their capture as bycatch in commercial fisheries [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref009" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref010" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>]. A number of deepwater line fisheries and a trawl fishery operate within the GBRMP. The line fisheries are dispersed across the GBRMP with generally low and sporadic effort and deepwater chondrichthyans catches poorly reported in logbooks (partly exacerbated by problems with species identifications) and there are concerns about increasing effort and the effect on these deepwater species [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref011" ref-type="bibr">11</xref>]. In contrast, the deepwater eastern king prawn (EKP) trawl fishery sector operates in a more limited area that includes the southern GBRMP around the Swain Reefs (~22°S) and waters further south outside the GBRMP to the New South Wales border (~28°S). Approximately half of the deepwater EKP fishery sector occurs within the GBRMP. This GBRMP area is exposed to high levels of trawling, with the seafloor trawled an average of 2.1 times in 2009 [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref010" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>]. The Swain Reefs area is a poorly known shelf and upper continental slope habitat where any chondrichthyans present have been rated as being at high risk as a precaution due to the trawl effort and paucity of knowledge of their biology [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref010" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>].</p><p>Around Swain Reefs, EKP fishers can trawl all year round in depths down to 250–300 m [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref012" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref013" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>], and tend to fish deeper in this area than further south. The EKP fishery is predominantly a night time fishery as the prawns are more active at night. It was difficult to define the number of boats and effort in the Swain Reefs area, as the EKP fishery also includes a shallow water sector (<90 m) and vessels within the EKP fishery, of which there were around 200 in 2014 [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref013" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>], can fish in either sector. However, fewer boats tend to fish the deeper waters because it is further to travel and the gear is heavier with three wider nets deployed rather than two (for better stability), and more cable for the greater depths [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref012" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>]. The annual effort in the northern part of the EKP fishery (from Fraser Island at ~26°S to Swain Reefs) was about 6,000 boat days in 2008–2011, with the majority of the deepwater EKP catch taken around Swain Reefs area [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref013" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>]. The EKP trawl fishery deploys turtle excluder and bycatch reduction devices in the nets that generally exclude larger chondrichthyans (greater than about one metre in length) but have a minimal effect on reducing the catch of the smaller individuals and species which includes many of the deepwater chondrichthyans [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref012" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref014" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref015" ref-type="bibr">15</xref>].</p><p>The chondrichthyan bycatch of the shallow water sector of the EKP fishery and the deepwater EKP sector further south around 27°S have been the focus of one previous study[<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref012" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>]. The species composition of the southern deepwater EKP sector was based on one research trawl trip that was for a duration of ten nights and that fished at depths of 110–165 m [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref012" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>]. The only information on chondrichthyan bycatch of the deepwater EKP sector around Swain Reefs is from one trip by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Observer Program that was for a duration of nine nights [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref010" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>]. Information on the bycatch of deepwater chondrichthyans and their life histories in this little known Swain Reefs area of the deepwater EKP sector is required to ensure their sustainability.</p><p>Given the need for better data on deepwater chondrichthyans to help improve management, the present study aimed to provide information on the species composition and biology of chondrichthyans captured in the poorly known northern part of the deepwater EKP fishery. This will improve knowledge of the species encountered in the deeper waters of the GBRMP and advance information on the life history of these species. It will also facilitate management to more confidently assess the risks of the deepwater trawl fishery to the southern GBRMP.</p></sec><sec sec-type="materials|methods" id="sec002"><title>Materials and Methods</title><sec id="sec003"><title>Ethics statement</title><p>Sampling was conducted under Queensland Department of Agriculture and General Fisheries Permits (No. 55105 & 147714) and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Permit (No. G10/33603.1). All procedures were approved by James Cook University’s Animal Ethics Committee (no. A1566, 1933).</p></sec><sec id="sec004"><title>Sampling</title><p>The chondrichthyan bycatch of the deepwater EKP fishery around the Swain Reefs was observed on two commercial prawn trawlers during their normal trawling activities. On each vessel a five-week trip was undertaken: 1 June–6 July 2011 and 14 March–18 April 2012. Demersal trawl fishing gear comprised three otter trawl nets of 15 fathoms each (i.e. head rope length of 27 m) with cod end meshes of 44.5 mm and Turtle Excluder and Bycatch Reduction Devices. Trawling was from dusk till dawn with each trawl shot in one direction. The date, time, depth (m) and latitude and longitude (WGS 84) of the start and end of each shot were recorded. The start and end of each shot was taken from when the trawl nets reached and left the seafloor, respectively.</p><p>All deepwater chondrichthyans captured during the two, five week trips were deceased upon landing on the vessel and were identified, sexed and labelled. They were snap frozen whole, retained and upon completion of each trip were transported frozen to the laboratory where they were stored frozen until processed. Any shelf sharks and rays landed were recorded, photographed and returned to the sea, with the majority alive when returned (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s002">S2 Table</xref>). Fisheries Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries donated some deepwater chondrichthyan specimens retained from their commercial deepwater EKP fishery observer surveys at Swain Reefs.</p></sec><sec id="sec005"><title>Specimen identification</title><p>All chondrichthyans were identified by taxonomic features at sea using the keys in Last and Stevens [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. A tissue sample (fin clip) was collected from a subsample of specimens of each deepwater chondrichthyans species for molecular species identification. The samples were analysed as part of an ongoing National Science Foundation project: Chondrichthyan Tree of Life, led by the College of Charleston in the United States. The methodology for these molecular analyses sequenced for the mitochondrial NADH2 gene is described in [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref017" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>]. Representative specimens of each deepwater species were lodged as voucher specimens at the Australian National Fish Collection (CSIRO, Hobart).</p></sec><sec id="sec006"><title>Deepwater chondrichthyan processing</title><p>All specimens were thawed, sexed, weighed (<italic>M</italic><sub>T</sub>) (± 0.1 g) and measured (± 1 mm) following Francis [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref018" ref-type="bibr">18</xref>]: stretched total length (<italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>) and fork length (<italic>L</italic><sub>F</sub>) for sharks; total length (<italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>) for skates and stingarees; disc width (<italic>W</italic><sub>D</sub>) for stingrays; and body length (<italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub>—snout to posterior end of supracaudal fin), precaudal length (<italic>L</italic><sub>PC</sub>—snout to anterior edge of supracaudal fin) and snout to vent length (<italic>L</italic><sub>SV</sub>) for chimaeras. Differences in the sex ratio were tested by Chi-square test with Yates’ correction. Where samples sizes were sufficient, the relationships between <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and <italic>L</italic><sub>F</sub> and <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and <italic>W</italic><sub>D</sub> were examined using linear regression.</p><p>Specimens were dissected to remove ageing structures (dorsal fin spines and vertebrae) and to investigate their reproductive biology. The ageing structures were cleaned and sectioned and a number of stains trialled to enhance vertebral growth band visibility, that is, Alizarin red S [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref019" ref-type="bibr">19</xref>], crystal violet and silver nitrate [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref020" ref-type="bibr">20</xref>], cobalt nitrate [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref021" ref-type="bibr">21</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref022" ref-type="bibr">22</xref>], graphite powder [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref023" ref-type="bibr">23</xref>], ninhydrin [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref024" ref-type="bibr">24</xref>], nitric acid [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref025" ref-type="bibr">25</xref>], and Mayer’s haematoxylin (modified technique of Bubley <italic>et al</italic>. [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref026" ref-type="bibr">26</xref>]. More detailed descriptions of the ageing methodology are presented in [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref027" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>]. Reproductive staging of all species was adapted from Ebert [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref029" ref-type="bibr">29</xref>] and Walker [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref030" ref-type="bibr">30</xref>]. Males were classed immature (claspers pliable and shorter than pelvic fins), adolescent (claspers extended past the pelvic fins but still pliable), and mature (claspers extended past the pelvic fins and were rigid and fully calcified, testes were developed and epididymides were coiled). The presence of sperm in the epididymides was noted. Females were classed as immature (undifferentiated ovaries, undeveloped oviducal glands and thin uteri), adolescent (developing ovaries with white follicles, developing oviducal glands, slightly expanded uteri), and mature (yolked follicles, fully developed oviducal gland and uteri). For those species with sufficient sample sizes, estimates of population length at 50% maturity (<italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub>) with 95% confidence intervals were determined for males and females separately using a generalised linear model with a binomial error structure and logit-link function within the statistical package ‘R’ [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref031" ref-type="bibr">31</xref>]. For other species the range of length at maturity was reported. The <italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub> or mid-point of the range of length at maturity were used to determine the life history invariant ratio of relative length at maturity (<italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub>/ <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>) [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref032" ref-type="bibr">32</xref>]. For the invariant ratios, where the range of length of maturity was large, the length of maturity from the literature was used and the maximum length of the males and females from the literature was used when it was greater than that sampled in this study.</p><p>Reproductive systems were removed and left and right testes and ovaries (including epigonal organs) weighed separately (<italic>M</italic><sub>G</sub>) (± 0.1 g). The number of yolked follicles in each ovary and the maximum follicle diameter (<italic>D</italic><sub>Fmax</sub>) (± 1 mm) were recorded. The number of yolked follicles can be used as a measure of ovarian fecundity; a proxy for fecundity as egg laying rates of oviparous species are difficult to define [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref008" ref-type="bibr">8</xref>]. Where there were sufficient data, relationships between the total length and total ovary weight (<italic>M</italic><sub>G</sub>), <italic>D</italic><sub>Fmax</sub> and number of yolked follicles were examined by least squares linear regression. When present, the number of embryos and the sex (if able to be determined by visual inspection of presence/absence of claspers), presence of internal or external yolk, uterus (left or right), total length (± 0.1 mm) and mass (± 0.1 g) of each embryo were noted. When present, the number of egg cases and uterus (left or right) and mass (± 0.1 g) were noted and egg case length (<italic>L</italic><sub>EC</sub>) (± 0.1 mm) taken following Ebert and Davis [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref033" ref-type="bibr">33</xref>]. All egg cases were labelled, frozen and retained. Any recently born elasmobranchs were noted and could be mostly distinguished as neonates by the presence of an umbilical/yolk sac scar on their ventral body surface in the region between the pectoral fins.</p></sec></sec><sec sec-type="results" id="sec007"><title>Results</title><sec id="sec008"><title>Sampling</title><p>A total of 211 trawl shots were observed across a depth range of 117–280 m (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g001">Fig 1</xref>). The majority of the trawls were between 150–200 m on the shelf in the main deepwater EKP fishery trawl grounds around Swain Reefs with six shots in deeper waters (203–280 m) to the south of the main trawl grounds (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g001">Fig 1</xref>). Deepwater chondrichthyans were observed in 72% of the trawl shots. There was an average of four shots per night, though in rough weather trawling ceased and over the two, five weeks trips 105 shots were observed on Trip 1 and 106 shots on Trip 2. The trawl shots had an average duration of 2.5 hours and speed of 5.4 kmh<sup>-1</sup>.</p><fig id="pone.0156036.g001" orientation="portrait" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036.g001</object-id><label>Fig 1</label><caption><title>Sample locations for the chondrichthyan bycatch in the deepwater eastern king prawn fishery around Swain Reefs.</title><p>The depth contours are at 100 metre intervals. The six shots south of main trawl ground are circled.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="pone.0156036.g001"></graphic></fig></sec><sec id="sec009"><title>Species composition</title><p>A total of 1533 individuals were observed from eleven species of deepwater chondrichthyans (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t001">Table 1</xref>). Some shelf species of sharks and rays were also observed, but were far less abundant with a total of 142 individuals from thirteen species recorded (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s002">S2 Table</xref>). Argus skate <italic>Dipturus polyommata</italic> dominated the bycatch of deepwater species by number (50.1%; <xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t001">Table 1</xref>). Along with the next two most dominant bycatch species, piked spurdog <italic>Squalus megalops</italic> and pale spotted catshark <italic>Asymbolus pallidus</italic>, these three species accounted for 92.3% by number of the deepwater bycatch (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t001">Table 1</xref>).</p><table-wrap id="pone.0156036.t001" orientation="portrait" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036.t001</object-id><label>Table 1</label><caption><title>Observed deepwater chondrichthyan species by sex, abundance and length.</title><p>The animals were collected from 211 trawl shots during June–July 2011 and March–April 2012.</p></caption><alternatives><graphic id="pone.0156036.t001g" xlink:href="pone.0156036.t001"></graphic><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><colgroup span="1"><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scientific name</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Common name</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Male (n)</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Female (n)</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total (n)</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Depth range (m)</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Length range (mm)</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">% deep-water bycatch</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Dipturus polyommata</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Argus skate</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">366</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">402</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">768</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">135–280</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">95–371</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">50.1</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Squalus megalops</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Piked spurdog</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">117</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">305</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">422</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">187–280</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">253–505</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">27.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Asymbolus pallidus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pale spotted catshark</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">110</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">115</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">225</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">174–280</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">141–436</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">14.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Mustelus walkeri</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Eastern spotted gummy shark</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">14</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">34</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">48</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">124–242</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">410–1050</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.1</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Urolophus piperatus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Coral sea stingaree</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">123–216</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">158–367</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Hydrolagus lemures</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Blackfin ghostshark</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">17</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">203–242</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">465–820 <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub></td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">1.1</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Urolophus bucculentus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sandyback stingaree</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">14</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">159–242</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">175–690</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.9</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Squatina albipunctata</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Eastern angelshark</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">11</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">132–242</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">510–1160</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Dipturus apricus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pale tropical skate</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">237–280</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">177–279</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Cephaloscyllium variegatum</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Saddled swellshark</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">215</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">675</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.1</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Pristiophorus delicatus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Tropical sawshark</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">176</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">949</td><td align="char" char="." rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.1</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total abundance deepwater species</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1533</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr></tbody></table></alternatives><table-wrap-foot><fn id="t001fn001"><p>All lengths are for <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> or <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> unless otherwise specified as chimaera length (<italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub>). The percent of deepwater bycatch is by abundance.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><p>The results from this study added four new records of deepwater species to the known chondrichthyan fauna of the deepwater EKP fishery: <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic>, coral sea stingaree <italic>Urolophus piperatus</italic>, eastern angelshark <italic>Squatina albipunctata</italic> and tropical sawshark <italic>Pristiophorus delicatus</italic>. This study also added <italic>Squalus megalops</italic> to the known deepwater species in the GBRMP (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s001">S1 Table</xref>). In addition, this study found it is likely that all previously recorded patchwork stingaree <italic>Urolophus flavomosaicus</italic> (morphological identification) were actually the sandyback stingaree <italic>Urolophus bucculentus</italic> (molecular identification; see Specimen Identification section and <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s001">S1</xref> and <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s003">S3</xref> Tables). This likely revision of <italic>U</italic>. <italic>flavomosaicus</italic> to <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> extended the northern distribution of <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> from Stradbroke Island, Queensland (27°35’) to the Swain Reefs (21°41’ S) [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. The single <italic>P</italic>. <italic>delicatus</italic> collected was outside the current recorded distribution for the species, extending the known northern limit slightly, from off Rockhampton (22°10 S’) to the Swain Reefs (21°49’ S). This individual was caught in 207 m (in the north of the trawl grounds, <xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g002">Fig 2</xref>), 38 m shallower than the previously recorded upper depth limit of 245 m [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref034" ref-type="bibr">34</xref>]. The individual was 960 mm TL, 120 mm longer than any specimen of <italic>P</italic>. <italic>delicatus</italic> previously recorded (840 mm) [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. Two other species had their upper depth limit extended by this study: <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> from 225 m to 174 m and <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic> from 171 m to 123 m [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref035" ref-type="bibr">35</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref036" ref-type="bibr">36</xref>].</p><fig id="pone.0156036.g002" orientation="portrait" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036.g002</object-id><label>Fig 2</label><caption><title>Distribution of deepwater chondrichthyans in the eastern king prawn deepwater fishery around Swain Reefs.</title><p>The six shots south of main trawl ground are circled and all deepwater species sampled occur in these six shots, except <italic>Pristiophorus delicatus</italic>.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="pone.0156036.g002"></graphic></fig></sec><sec id="sec010"><title>Specimen identification</title><p>The molecular analyses confirmed the morphological identifications of <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic>, <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic>, <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic>, <italic>S</italic>. <italic>albipunctata</italic>, pale tropical skate <italic>Dipturus apricus</italic> and saddled swellshark <italic>Cephaloscyllium variegatum</italic> (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s003">S3 Table</xref>). The NADH2 sample results will be available on the Chondrichthyan Tree of Life project website by mid-2016 [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref037" ref-type="bibr">37</xref>]. The NADH2 sequences for <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic> (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s003">S3 Table</xref>) were almost identical with those for its sister species Endeavour skate <italic>Dipturus endeavouri</italic> from further south in Queensland [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref037" ref-type="bibr">37</xref>]. The <italic>Mustelus walkeri</italic> sequences (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s003">S3 Table</xref>) were almost identical with those of gummy shark <italic>Mustelus antarcticus</italic> in southern Australia [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref037" ref-type="bibr">37</xref>]. The sequences of blackfin ghostshark <italic>Hydrolagus lemures</italic> (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s003">S3 Table</xref>) were identical to samples from Western Australia, Tasmania, the Tasman Sea and New South Wales which have been identified as both <italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic> and Ogilby’s ghostshark <italic>Hydrolagus ogilbyi</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref037" ref-type="bibr">37</xref>]. The identifications of these three species, <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic>, <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic> and <italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic>, were retained based on the explanations provided in the Identification section of the Discussion.</p><p>The specimens of a reticulated <italic>Urolophus</italic> were identified in the field as patchwork stingaree <italic>Urolophus flavomosaicus</italic> based on their colour pattern, which is the only distinguishing taxonomic feature between <italic>U</italic>. <italic>flavosmosaicus</italic> and <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. The sequences from specimens of this reticulated <italic>Urolophus</italic> (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s003">S3 Table</xref>) grouped close to but distinct from <italic>U</italic>. <italic>flavomosaicus</italic> from Western Australia. These sequences were identical to a sequence from a <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> specimen collected off New South Wales, and thus the specimens were identified as <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> with further comments on this made in the Discussion [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref037" ref-type="bibr">37</xref>]. The single specimen of <italic>Pristiophorus delicatus</italic> was morphologically identified with a high degree of confidence by a trained identifier and was registered in the Australian National Fish Collection.</p></sec><sec id="sec011"><title>Distribution</title><p>The majority of deepwater chondrichthyans were taken in the six trawl shots to the south of the main trawl grounds that were all in waters > 200 m deep (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g002">Fig 2</xref>). The only species caught regularly throughout the main trawl grounds was <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic>. Other species also present in the main trawl grounds but caught infrequently were <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic>, <italic>S</italic>. <italic>albipunctata</italic>, <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic>, and <italic>P</italic>. <italic>delicatus</italic>. Most of the <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic> and <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> were taken south of the main trawl grounds. Those individuals that were present in the trawl grounds (7% of the total number of <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic> and 12% of total number of <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic>) all occurred in the same area. This area was at the edge of the shelf on the eastern extremity of the deepwater EKP fishery area sampled (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g002">Fig 2</xref>). All the deepwater chondrichthyans observed as bycatch are endemic to Australia, except <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic>, with five of the ten endemics only occurring in waters offshore from Queensland (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s004">S4 Table</xref>). All the Queensland endemics have a wider distribution than the Swain Reefs deepwater EKP fishery area (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s004">S4 Table</xref>).</p></sec><sec id="sec012"><title>Biological aspects</title><p>The extent of biological data varied greatly between the deepwater species collected. Three species had adequate sample sizes and reliable age structures that enabled age, growth and reproductive studies: <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic>, <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic> and <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic>. The studies for these three species were detailed and are published in [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref027" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>], with the data summarised in <xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref> and <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="pone.0156036.s005">S5 Table</xref>. Preliminary biological data were available for <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic>, <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic>, <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic>, <italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic> and <italic>S</italic>. <italic>albipunctata</italic> and are described below and summarised in <xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>. Of these five species, only <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> had sufficient numbers of mature animals to enable estimates of population length at 50% maturity (<italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub>). No biological data was available for <italic>D</italic>. <italic>apricus</italic>, <italic>C</italic>. <italic>variegatum</italic> or <italic>P</italic>. <italic>delicatus</italic> due to the small number of individuals collected from each of these three species (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t001">Table 1</xref>).</p><table-wrap id="pone.0156036.t002" orientation="portrait" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036.t002</object-id><label>Table 2</label><caption><title>Biological data for deepwater chondrichthyans from the eastern king prawn deepwater fishery around Swain Reefs.</title><p>The animals were collected from 211 trawl shots during June–July 2011 and March–April 2012.</p></caption><alternatives><graphic id="pone.0156036.t002g" xlink:href="pone.0156036.t002"></graphic><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><colgroup span="1"><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col><col align="left" valign="middle" span="1"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="left" colspan="2" rowspan="1">Max. length (mm)</th><th align="left" colspan="2" rowspan="1">Length at maturity (mm)</th><th align="left" colspan="2" rowspan="1">Relative length at maturity</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Length at birth (mm)</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Litter size</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Ovarian fecundity</th></tr><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Male</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Female</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Male</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Female</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Male</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Female</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic><xref ref-type="table-fn" rid="t002fn003"><sup>a</sup></xref></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">369</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">371</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">278 <italic>L</italic><sub>T50</sub></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">303 <italic>L</italic><sub>T50</sub></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.73</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.80</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">89–111</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.6 (mean)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic><xref ref-type="table-fn" rid="t002fn003"><sup>b</sup></xref></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">407</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">505</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">352 <italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">422 <italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.81</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.84</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">157–158</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2.5 (mean)</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic><xref ref-type="table-fn" rid="t002fn003"><sup>a</sup></xref></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">805</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1050</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">670–805</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">833–1012</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.92</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.83</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">273–295</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5–7</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">428</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">436</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">330 <italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">352 <italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.75</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.75</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">~140<xref ref-type="table-fn" rid="t002fn005"><sup>c</sup></xref></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8.5 (mean)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">289</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">367</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">205–273</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">233–366</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.48</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.56</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3<xref ref-type="table-fn" rid="t002fn006"><sup>d</sup></xref></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">507</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">690</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><447</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">300–466</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.62</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.53</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">N</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2–4</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">620 <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">820 <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub></td><td align="justify" rowspan="1" colspan="1">500–533 <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">625–718 <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.83</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.82</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3–11</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>S</italic>. <italic>albipunctata</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">706</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1160</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">720–1160</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.82</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4<xref ref-type="table-fn" rid="t002fn007"><sup>e</sup></xref></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>D</italic>. <italic>apricus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">279</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">232</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>C</italic>. <italic>variegatum</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">675</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>P</italic>. <italic>delicatus</italic></td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">949</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NA</td><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr></tbody></table></alternatives><table-wrap-foot><fn id="t002fn001"><p>All lengths are for <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> or <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> or unless otherwise specified as chimaera length (<italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub>). Length at maturity are range estimates unless stated as <italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub> = estimates of population length at 50% maturity. Relative length at maturity is (<italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub>/ <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>). Length at birth are range estimates, unless noted otherwise. Litter size and ovarian fecundity are range estimates, unless otherwise noted or stated as mean. <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub> = chimaera length. NA = no information available from the individuals collected in this study.</p></fn><fn id="t002fn002"><p>Source:</p></fn><fn id="t002fn003"><p><sup>a,b</sup> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>];</p></fn><fn id="t002fn004"><p>note:</p></fn><fn id="t002fn005"><p><sup>c</sup>estimated from one neonate collected,</p></fn><fn id="t002fn006"><p><sup>d</sup>only two pregnant individuals collected, both with 3 embryos,</p></fn><fn id="t002fn007"><p><sup>e</sup>only one pregnant individual collected.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></sec><sec id="sec013"><title>Asymbolus pallidus</title><p>The size range of male <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> collected was 314–428 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and for females was 141–436 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>) (Tables <xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t001">1</xref> and <xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">2</xref>). The sex ratio across all trawls was not significantly different from parity (χ<sup>2</sup> = 2.76, d.f = 1, p = 0.10). Fork length was not measured on this species due to the elongated shape of the caudal fin. Two males and three females were lodged as voucher specimens at the Australian National Fish Collection (CSIRO) with the remainder dissected. The specimens were dominated by mature males and females (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g003">Fig 3</xref>).</p><fig id="pone.0156036.g003" orientation="portrait" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036.g003</object-id><label>Fig 3</label><caption><title>Length-frequency of immature (white) and mature (grey) <italic>Asymbolus pallidus</italic> individuals.</title></caption><graphic xlink:href="pone.0156036.g003"></graphic></fig><p>Although there were sufficient numbers of <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> for an age study, the species had no reliable ageing structure as growth bands were not discernible on either whole or sectioned vertebrae and it had no other hard parts for ageing. Trials with the different stains failed to enhance vertebral growth band visibility. Length at maturity data was available for 108 males with all males mature at ≥ 339 mm. The estimate of <italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub> (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>, <xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g004">Fig 4</xref>) was very similar to the reported value of 320 mm [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. The length at maturity data was available for 110 females and indicated that the smallest mature female was 351 mm and the largest immature female 371 m. Combined with the estimate of <italic>L</italic><sub>ST50</sub> (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>, <xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g004">Fig 4</xref>), this is the first length at maturity data available for females of this species. The invariants (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>) were calculated with the reported maximum length of 439 mm and 467 for males and females, respectively [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref036" ref-type="bibr">36</xref>].</p><fig id="pone.0156036.g004" orientation="portrait" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036.g004</object-id><label>Fig 4</label><caption><title>Length at maturity ogives for <italic>Asymbolus pallidus</italic>.</title><p>(a) males and (b) females. Dashed lines are 95% confidence intervals.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="pone.0156036.g004"></graphic></fig><p>Only the right ovary was functional as reported for other catsharks [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref038" ref-type="bibr">38</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref039" ref-type="bibr">39</xref>]. In mature females the mean ± se total number of yolked follicles in the right ovary was 8.5 ± 0.2 (range 2–15). The yolked follicles ranged in diameter from 4–23 mm. The ovary weight (<italic>M</italic><sub>G</sub>) and maximum follicle diameter <italic>D</italic><sub>Fmax</sub> increased rapidly after maturity (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g005">Fig 5</xref>). In mature females there were significant relationships between <italic>M</italic><sub>G</sub> and <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>: <italic>M</italic><sub>G</sub> = 0.09 <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>− 25.42 (<italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.33, D.f. = 98, p < 0.001) but the relationship was not significant for <italic>D</italic><sub>Fmax</sub> and <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>: <italic>D</italic><sub>Fmax</sub> = 0.017 <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> + 8.55 (<italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.02, D.f. = 98, p = 0.16). The number of yolked follicles increased significantly with length in mature females: number of follicles = 0.04 <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>− 7.06 (<italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.12, d.f. = 98, p < 0.001) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g005">Fig 5</xref>).</p><fig id="pone.0156036.g005" orientation="portrait" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036.g005</object-id><label>Fig 5</label><caption><title>The relationship between stretched total length (<italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>) and reproductive indices of <italic>Asymbolus pallidus</italic> females.</title><p>(a) <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and total ovary weight (<italic>M</italic><sub>G</sub>), (b) <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and maximum follicle diameter (<italic>D</italic><sub>Fmax</sub>) and (c) <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and number of yolked follicles. Immature (closed circle) and mature (open circle).</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="pone.0156036.g005"></graphic></fig><p>Females with egg cases <italic>in utero</italic> were collected on both sampling trips with a total of 22 collected; the smallest gravid female was 366 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>. The proportion of mature females that were gravid was similar on both trips: 22% and 25% on trips 1 and 2, respectively. Gravid females were not segregated as they were collected in the same trawl shots as immature and mature non-gravid females and immature and mature males. The majority of the 22 gravid females were in depths >200 m (203–280 m) south of the main trawl grounds with only 4 gravid females collected in the trawl grounds at depths < 200 m, i.e. at 174–196 m. All 22 gravid females had 6–10 yolked follicles in the right ovary with a diameter of 5–23 mm, and an egg case in each uterus. The egg cases were golden (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="pone.0156036.g006">Fig 6</xref>) and ranged in length from 44.6–51.5 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>EC</sub> and 2.5–4.0 g; there were no visible embryos within any of the egg cases. A free swimming female neonate of 141 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> was collected from 215 m depth south of the main trawl ground. The neonate had been feeding, evidenced by fish scales and a vertebra in the stomach. This extends the length of hatching from the previously reported 190 mm [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>] to 140–190 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>).</p><fig id="pone.0156036.g006" orientation="portrait" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1371/journal.pone.0156036.g006</object-id><label>Fig 6</label><caption><title>Egg case from a 423 mm stretched total length <italic>Asymbolus pallidus</italic>.</title><p>Anterior end at left of image (49.3 mm egg case length).</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="pone.0156036.g006"></graphic></fig></sec><sec id="sec014"><title>Urolophus piperatus</title><p>A total of 18 <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic> was collected with similar numbers of males and females: 10 males (205–289 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>) and 8 females (158–367 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>). The relationship between <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and <italic>W</italic><sub>D</sub> for sexes combined was: <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> = 1.52 <italic>W</italic><sub>D</sub>− 15.19 (<italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.98, d.f. = 17, p <0.001). The smallest male was immature and captured in the main trawl grounds at 192 m. The remainder of males (273–289 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>) were mature with sperm present in the epididymides and were all captured in one trawl shot to the south of the main fishing grounds in 215 m. Hence, males mature between 205–273 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> which encompassed the reported length at maturity of 230 mm [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>].</p><p>Five of the females were immature (158–233 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>) and three mature, two of which were pregnant and one <italic>post partum</italic> (366–367 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>). Hence, females mature between 233–366 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>) which includes the known length of maturity of 270 mm based on one female [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref035" ref-type="bibr">35</xref>]. The life history invariants of relative length at maturity were 0.48 and 0.56 for males and females, respectively (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>). The maximum length (484 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>) and the length at maturity were used from the literature [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref035" ref-type="bibr">35</xref>].</p><p>The two pregnant females were caught in two consecutive trawl shots in the trawl grounds in 177 m. The <italic>post partum</italic> female was also caught in the trawl grounds at 129 m. Only the left ovary and uterus were functional, which is typical for urolophids [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>]. All three females had yolked follicles in the left ovary (n = 5, 6, 10) with a diameter of 5–15 mm and an expanded left uterus thickened with villi. One female aborted two embryos upon capture and retained one embryo (1 male, 2 female) and upon capture the other female aborted all three embryos (2 male, 1 female) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>). All embryos had external yolk sacs attached and were 50.0–72.9 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> and 1.2–3.3 g.</p></sec><sec id="sec015"><title>Urolophus bucculentus</title><p>A total of 14 <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> was collected with more females than males: 4 males (447–507 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>) and 10 females (175–690 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>). The relationship between <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> and <italic>W</italic><sub>D</sub> for sexes combined was: <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> = 1.20 <italic>W</italic><sub>D</sub> + 21.51 (<italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.99, d.f. = 12, p <0.001). All males were mature and captured in one trawl shot to the south of the main fishing grounds in 215 m, where they occurred together with females of all life cycle stages. All mature males had sperm present in the epididymides. The life history invariant of relative length at maturity was 0.62 (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>) and was calculated using the length at maturity (414 mm) and maximum length of males (672 mm) from the literature [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>]</p><p>Six of the females were immature (175–300 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>) and four mature, two of which were pregnant and two <italic>post partum</italic> (466–690 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub>). Females mature between 300–466 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>T</sub> (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>). The females in this study mature at a smaller length than the previously reported 478–522 mm (<italic>L</italic><sub>T50</sub> = 502 mm) [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>]. The life history invariant of relative length at maturity was 0.53 (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>) and was calculated using the minimum sampled length at maturity from this study (466 mm) and maximum length of females (885 mm) from the literature [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>].</p><p>The pregnant and <italic>post partum</italic> females were caught in depths above and below 200 m, in the main trawl grounds and in the area to the south of these grounds, respectively. None of the pregnant or <italic>post partum</italic> females had yolked follicles in the left ovary and all had an expanded left uterus thickened with villi. Both females aborted upon capture, one aborted two embryos (1 male, 1 female) and the other four embryos (2 male, 2 female) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>). All embryos had external yolk sacs attached and were 63.0–98.0 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and 2.4–9.1 g.</p></sec><sec id="sec016"><title>Hydrolagus lemures</title><p>A total of 17 <italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic> was collected with similar numbers of males and females: 8 males (465–620 <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub>) and 9 females (480–820 <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub>) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>). The combined sexes relationship for: <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub> and <italic>L</italic><sub>PC</sub> was: <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub> = 1.05 <italic>L</italic><sub>PC</sub> +35.47 (<italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.99, d.f. = 13, p <0.001); and for <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub> and <italic>L</italic><sub>SV</sub> was: <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub> = 1.55 <italic>L</italic><sub>SV</sub> + 173.03 (<italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.98, d.f. = 13, p <0.001). This study extended the maximum recorded length from 530 mm to 820 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. Two males were immature at 465–500 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub> and the rest mature (all with sperm present) (533–620 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub>), hence males mature between 500–533 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub> which concurs with the reported 500 mm [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. Six females were immature (480–540 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub>), one adolescent (625 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub>) and two mature (718–820 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub>), hence females mature at 625–718 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>C</sub> (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>). This is the first length at maturity data for females of this species. The mature females had yolked follicles in the right and left ovaries (n = 3–11) with a diameter of 10–36 mm.</p><p>The invariant relative lengths at maturity were similar for males and females (0.83 and 0.82 respectively, <xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>) and were calculated with the midpoint of the lengths of maturity and maximum lengths of the males and females from this study. All 17 individual <italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic> were collected in the area south of the main trawl grounds. Within this southern area, the immature females were caught in the same location as the males at 203–280 m. The adolescent and mature females were separate from the males in a different location, and were all caught together in the one trawl shot at 242 m.</p></sec><sec id="sec017"><title>Squatina albipunctata</title><p>A total of 11 <italic>S</italic>. <italic>albipunctata</italic> was collected with more females than males: 4 males (592–706 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>) and 7 females (510–1160 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>). The relationship between <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and <italic>L</italic><sub>F</sub> for sexes combined was: <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> = 1.03 <italic>L</italic><sub>F</sub> + 16.12 (<italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.98, d.f. = 9, p <0.001). All males were immature and taken in the trawl grounds on the shelf edge at 190–196 m. Six of the females were immature (510–720 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>) and caught in the trawl grounds with the immature males at depths of 190–196 m, except the smallest female that was caught south of the main trawl grounds in 238 m. The one mature female (1160 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub>) was pregnant and was caught on its own, in the trawl grounds at a shallower depth (133 m) than all other <italic>S</italic>. <italic>albipunctata</italic> encountered. Hence the female length at maturity is 720–1160 which includes the known female length at maturity of 1070 mm [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. The relative length at maturity was 0.82 (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>) calculated from the literature maximum length of 1300 mm and known length of maturity [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. Only the left ovary appeared functional which is the case in some, but not all species of <italic>Squatina</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref041" ref-type="bibr">41</xref>]. The ovary had numerous small follicles, but none were yolked. There were four embryos (<xref ref-type="table" rid="pone.0156036.t002">Table 2</xref>), two in the left uterus and two in the right uterus. They all had external yolk sacs and were too small to sex at 49.5–54.7 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> and 0.8–1.7 g.</p></sec></sec><sec sec-type="conclusions" id="sec018"><title>Discussion</title><p>This study increased the known number of deepwater chondrichthyan species recorded from the deepwater EKP fishery around the Swain Reefs. The bycatch community of sympatric deepwater chondrichthyans in this area of the fishery displayed life history traits typical of deepwater chondrichthyans [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref001" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref002" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>]. However, there was some variability evident in these life history traits among the EKP deepwater chondrichthyans and in their patterns of depth and spatial distribution. Three species of chondrichthyans had sufficient sample sizes and reliable ageing structures for age and growth studies: two shark species (<italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic> and <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic>) and a skate (<italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata)</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref027" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>]. The <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic> traits were typical of deepwater dogfish as it grew slowly, was long lived and had small litters [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref027" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>]. The <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic> had a faster growth rate than the <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic>, but in comparison to other <italic>Mustelus</italic> species it grew more slowly and matured later, which was probably a reflection of the greater depth of occurrence than most <italic>Mustelus</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>]. The <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic> traits were mostly typical of small-medium bodies skates as it had a moderately fast growth rate, which was faster than that of the two shark species, and it also had a shorter life span and younger age at maturity than the two shark species [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref027" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>]. It did, however have a low ovarian fecundity relative to that of other <italic>Dipturus</italic> species [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>] The preliminary biological data from the other species indicated they had relatively large lengths at maturity, small litters, low ovarian fecundity and in some cases non-continuous reproductive cycles which are a combination of traits suggestive of low productivity [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref042" ref-type="bibr">42</xref>].</p><sec id="sec019"><title>Identification</title><p>The molecular analyses of tissues from specimens of four deepwater chondrichthyan species (<italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic>, <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic>, <italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic> and <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic>) raised some taxonomic questions which were addressed and resolved in different ways for each of the species. The <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic> sequence data suggested they are very close to <italic>D</italic>. <italic>endeavouri</italic>. The two species, however differ in colour pattern and subtle morphology [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref043" ref-type="bibr">43</xref>], and are possibly only relatively recently separated from one another. The <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic> molecular data did not distinguish them from <italic>M</italic>. <italic>antarcticus</italic> using the NADH2 gene, however these two species differ in some morphological features [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref044" ref-type="bibr">44</xref>] and life history traits [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>]. One of the morphological features that separates these two species, the extent of the buccopharyngeal denticles on the roof and floor of the mouth [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref044" ref-type="bibr">44</xref>], was examined in all <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic> specimens collected in this study. In all examined specimens, the buccopharyngeal denticles covered the entire floor and palate of the mouth, which is distinctive of <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic>. <italic>Mustelus antarcticus</italic> only has these denticles on the anterior third to half of the floor and palate [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref044" ref-type="bibr">44</xref>]. Furthermore, extensive tagging work indicated that <italic>M</italic>. <italic>antarcticus</italic> does not extend into Queensland waters [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref030" ref-type="bibr">30</xref>]. The key morphological characteristics of the <italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic> specimens recorded in this study aligned well with those provided by Last and Stevens [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>] for <italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic> rather than <italic>H</italic>. <italic>ogilbyi</italic>. This species belongs to a poorly defined <italic>Hydrolagus lemures-ogilbyi</italic> species complex which needs a detailed taxonomic investigation to resolve. The <italic>Urolophus</italic> specimens obtained in this study possessed the complex pattern of reticulations and large white spots typical of <italic>U</italic>. <italic>flavomosaicus</italic>, but not over the central disc region. The central disc area of these specimens more closely resembled that of typical <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> specimens, i.e. small white spots and fine reticulations [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>] and the sequence data was identical to <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref037" ref-type="bibr">37</xref>]. Thus, we consider these specimens to be conspecific with <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> and not <italic>U</italic>. <italic>flavomosaicus</italic>. Further taxonomic investigation is required to elucidate whether <italic>U</italic>. <italic>flavomosaicus</italic> records from eastern Australia are actually just a northern colour variant of <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic>, with these being sister species.</p></sec><sec id="sec020"><title>Sexual dimorphism and life history invariants</title><p>Sexual dimorphism, where the females were larger and had a length at maturity larger than the males, was apparent in all of the deepwater chondrichthyans collected in this study and is typical of many chondrichthyans [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref004" ref-type="bibr">4</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref045" ref-type="bibr">45</xref>]. Dimorphism is known among urolophids [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref046" ref-type="bibr">46</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref047" ref-type="bibr">47</xref>], chimaerids [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref048" ref-type="bibr">48</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref049" ref-type="bibr">49</xref>] and squatinids [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref041" ref-type="bibr">41</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref050" ref-type="bibr">50</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref051" ref-type="bibr">51</xref>]. Dimorphism has been attributed to the need for females to partition more time and energy into growth before reproductive age is reached to be of sufficient length to support the production of relatively large young [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref052" ref-type="bibr">52</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref053" ref-type="bibr">53</xref>]. This dimorphism has been reported in other small-medium bodied skates closely related to <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic>, (such as whitespotted skate <italic>Dipturus cerva</italic> and long-nose skate <italic>Dipturus confusus</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref054" ref-type="bibr">54</xref>]), in populations of <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic> that occur in other parts of Australia and elsewhere [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref055" ref-type="bibr">55</xref>], and in other <italic>Mustelus</italic> species [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref030" ref-type="bibr">30</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref056" ref-type="bibr">56</xref>].</p><p>Among the catsharks, length at maturity is often similar for both sexes [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref038" ref-type="bibr">38</xref>], though the dimorphism of <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> has also been noted for the closely related orange spotted catshark <italic>Asymbolus rubiginosus</italic> that occurs further south in Queensland, and in some other catshark species [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref057" ref-type="bibr">57</xref>–<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref060" ref-type="bibr">60</xref>]. The length at maturity of <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> males and females was similar to that of another small sized catshark New Zealand catshark <italic>Bythaelurus dawsoni</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref059" ref-type="bibr">59</xref>].</p><p>The relatively large invariant length at maturity was evident for nearly all the deepwater species sampled. It reflects a relatively large length for onset of breeding and is typical of deepwater chondrichthyans for which the mean invariant length at maturity across all deepwater taxa has been reported as 0.76 and ranged to 0.90 [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref001" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref038" ref-type="bibr">38</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref061" ref-type="bibr">61</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref062" ref-type="bibr">62</xref>]. The exceptions were the two urolophids, <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic> and <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic>. The only other urolophid present in deepwater, the wide stingaree <italic>Urolophus expansus</italic>, has a typical deepwater length at maturity invariant of 0.74 [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref063" ref-type="bibr">63</xref>], hence the relatively smaller length at maturity for the female <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> may be a reflection of the smaller length at maturity reported for this northern population compared to that from southern Australian waters [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>]. The smaller invariant of <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic> may be attributed to the small sample size used from the literature to assess maturity and more samples may be required [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref035" ref-type="bibr">35</xref>].</p></sec><sec id="sec021"><title>Reproduction</title><p>All the deepwater chondrichthyans sampled that were able to provide biological data had low biological productivity characteristic of chondrichthyans from deep habitats [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref002" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref063" ref-type="bibr">63</xref>]. They had a combination of reproductive traits that varied from long cycles and small litters to shorter continuous reproductive cycles (where yolked follicles are present in pregnant females) with low fecundity. The viviparous species all had small litters and included both continuous and non-continuous cycles. The <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic> litter sizes and continuous reproduction was similar to that previously reported for this species that is known to have a long biennial cycle [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref055" ref-type="bibr">55</xref>]. The only other species for which the reproductive cycle was formerly known, <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic>, also has a long biennial cycle, with the non-continuous reproduction and litter sizes observed in this study concurred with that previously described [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>]. <italic>Squatina albipunctata</italic> appeared to have a non-continuous reproductive cycle with litter sizes similar to those cited before, and also likely has a longer biennial cycle, as this has been reported for the three other deepwater <italic>Squatina</italic> species [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref041" ref-type="bibr">41</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref051" ref-type="bibr">51</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref064" ref-type="bibr">64</xref>]. <italic>Mustelus walkeri</italic> and <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic> both appear to have a continuous cycle that may be annual as the cycles were annual in other species of their genera [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref030" ref-type="bibr">30</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>]. The litters of <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic> were smaller than the closely related <italic>M</italic>. <italic>antarcticus</italic> and other aplacental <italic>Mustelus</italic> species, although were only based on two pregnant females so should be interpreted with caution [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref030" ref-type="bibr">30</xref>]. The smaller litter size may be attributed to the likely deeper depths inhabited by <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic> compared to other <italic>Mustelus</italic> species, with greater depths reported to be associated with smaller litter sizes as potentially less energy is available in deeper waters to invest in reproduction and growth [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref001" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>]. The <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic> litter size was typical of many deepwater and small sized <italic>Urolophus</italic> species, which mostly have small litters of only 2 to 5 [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref047" ref-type="bibr">47</xref>].</p><p>The two gravid oviparous species, <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic> and <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> both appeared to have a continuous reproductive cycle. Year round oviposition is common among skates and has previously been reported for other <italic>Dipturus</italic> species [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref054" ref-type="bibr">54</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref065" ref-type="bibr">65</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref066" ref-type="bibr">66</xref>]. <italic>Dipturus polyommata</italic> was the least fecund of the <italic>Dipturus</italic> species for which ovarian fecundity data was available; <italic>D</italic>. <italic>endeavouri</italic>, <italic>D</italic>. <italic>cerva</italic> and <italic>D</italic>. <italic>confusus</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref054" ref-type="bibr">54</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref065" ref-type="bibr">65</xref>]. <italic>Dipturus polyommata</italic> was smaller than the two latter southern Australian species, which could account for the lower fecundity, but was of similar size to <italic>D</italic>. <italic>endeavouri</italic>. The smallest yolked follicle in <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic> was 5 mm in diameter [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>], whereas it was 3 mm in diameter in <italic>D</italic>. <italic>endeavouri</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref065" ref-type="bibr">65</xref>]; the larger sized follicles may reduce the total number of mature follicles that can occur in similar sized body. However, the reason for different mature yolk sizes in these recently taxonomically separated sister species is not known and cannot be postulated without definitive data on their depth and geographic ranges.</p><p>This study confirmed <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> as single oviparous (one egg case per uterus), similar to its close relatives which also show year round oviposition, though the proportion of females carrying egg cases was lower than reported in other species of catsharks [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref057" ref-type="bibr">57</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref059" ref-type="bibr">59</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref067" ref-type="bibr">67</xref>]. The <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> ovarian fecundity was also lower than that of two close relatives further south in Queensland [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref057" ref-type="bibr">57</xref>]. However, these relatives were both larger bodied and the <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> fecundity was similar to another small sized deepwater catshark, <italic>B</italic>. <italic>dawsoni</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref059" ref-type="bibr">59</xref>]. The other oviparous species <italic>H</italic>. <italic>lemures</italic> was not gravid and although the ovarian fecundity range was only from two females, it was similar to that of other deepwater chimaerids of similar size for which ovarian fecundity has been reported; spotted ratfish <italic>Hydrolagus colliei</italic> and rabbitfish <italic>Chimaera monstrosa</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref048" ref-type="bibr">48</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref049" ref-type="bibr">49</xref>].</p><p>Although all these deepwater bycatch species generally are likely to have low productivity, they present a variety of reproductive types and lengths of cycles that likely lead to varying degrees of resilience. This was apparent even within a genus, for e.g. both urolophids had low fecundity but <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic> likely has an annual cycle whereas <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> is biennial and so is probably less resilient to fishing pressure as a biennial cycle lowers productivity [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref055" ref-type="bibr">55</xref>]. This highlights the need for species to be individually assessed to accurately determine their productivity and susceptibility to commercial fishing.</p></sec><sec id="sec022"><title>Fishery effects</title><p>The majority of deepwater chondrichthyans taken as bycatch in this study were caught outside the main shelf trawl grounds. While the Swain Reefs EKP fishery is generally on the shelf, there is some fishing in the deeper waters down to 250–300 m depth on the upper slope habitat, particularly when prawn abundances are lower on the shelf and fishers move deeper searching for prawns. On the two trips observed for this study, the prawns were in abundance on the shelf area and hence that is where the vessels mainly fished. Consequently, the deepwater chondrichthyan bycatch recorded in this study may not be fully representative of all species that occur across the entire area of the deepwater EKP fishery that can be fished. Although the sampling was from two trips in different months and years, there was unlikely any direct seasonal effect on the deepwater chondrichthyan species composition as water temperature and salinity at depths of 100–2000 m fluctuate little within and between years in the vicinity of Swain Reefs [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref068" ref-type="bibr">68</xref>]. However, there may have been an indirect effect due to a large mesoscale eddy, the ‘Capricorn Eddy’ which forms just south of Swain Reefs, predominantly in September–November but also in June-August, that increases the availability of nutrients and food [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref069" ref-type="bibr">69</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref070" ref-type="bibr">70</xref>]</p><p>The recorded species may also have been influenced by trawl gear length selective sampling bias. This could have affected both the lengths of species collected and the species composition as some larger deepwater chondrichthyans may have been excluded by the Turtle Excluder and Bycatch Reduction Devices. These generally allow animals over 1000 mm in length to escape the net [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref014" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref015" ref-type="bibr">15</xref>]. Trawling at night may also have influenced the bycatch species composition; many of the deepwater chondrichthyans occur to much greater depths than those trawled but were present in the shallower shelf waters. It is possible that some of the species may make diel vertical migrations, moving along the seafloor into shallower waters at night as a feeding strategy; a migration reported for the deepwater southern dogfish <italic>Centrophorus zeehani</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref071" ref-type="bibr">71</xref>] and some other deepwater squaloid sharks [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref008" ref-type="bibr">8</xref>]. Finally, it is also possible that the deepwater bycatch species composition in the area fished has been impacted by the fishery over time. The deepwater EKP fishery in the Swain Reefs area has operated since around 1997 and less resilient species are likely to have been more greatly affected than those species with higher biological productivity.</p><p><italic>Dipturus polyommata</italic> dominated the bycatch on the shelf area. Skates are susceptible to capture by trawl gear [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref072" ref-type="bibr">72</xref>] and a closely related skate, <italic>D</italic>. <italic>endeavouri</italic> was also the most dominant species in the bycatch of the deepwater EKP fishery further south in Queensland [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref012" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>]. The fishery around Swain Reefs interacted with all life stages of <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic>, from newly hatched juveniles to mature and gravid adults with no sexual, maturity or length segregation evident. This lack of spatial segregation has been observed in temperate Australian <italic>Dipturus</italic> species and is common among other skates [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref029" ref-type="bibr">29</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref054" ref-type="bibr">54</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref073" ref-type="bibr">73</xref>]. Although this increases the potential impact of the fishery on <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic>, of all the deepwater chondrichthyans encountered, <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic> may be more resilient to fishing pressure as it grows moderately fast, has moderate longevity and a continuous reproductive cycle [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>]. This combination of traits in other small skates has been linked to increased resilience to fishing pressure [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref074" ref-type="bibr">74</xref>]. <italic>Dipturus polyommata</italic> also has refuge in deeper waters and to the north of the Swain Reefs, as the fishery is at the southern edge of the species’ range.</p><p>There was also a lack of segregation apparent for <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic>, the other dominant bycatch species. Strong sexual segregation has been reported for temperate populations of <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref075" ref-type="bibr">75</xref>] but in this study catches were dominated by females of all stages of sexual maturity, and these females occurred together with immature and mature males, mostly south of the main trawl grounds [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref027" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>]. <italic>Squalus megalops</italic> is an opportunistic predator [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref076" ref-type="bibr">76</xref>] and the large mixed schools may have been due to the presence of the ‘Capricorn Eddy’ and its associated increased food availability. We hypothesis that an abundance of food and the small size of adult <italic>S</italic>. <italic>megalops</italic> may reduce the predatory threat to juveniles of their own species and allow for mixed schools [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref077" ref-type="bibr">77</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref078" ref-type="bibr">78</xref>]. Among the other species sampled, nearly the full size range of most species was collected across the two sampling times, suggesting no bathymetric segregation by size or sex. This may be due to possible diel vertical migrations and the limited number of sampling trips because bathymetric segregation by size and sex has been reported as often occurring in deepwater sharks and chimaeras [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref008" ref-type="bibr">8</xref>].</p><p>With respect to segregation, <italic>Asymbolus pallidus</italic> was an exception as the bycatch consisted mostly of adults with limited numbers of immature specimens captured, and other than the neonate, no animals <314 mm <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> taken. Two other species of catshark, including <italic>A</italic>. <italic>rubiginosus</italic>, were dominant in the bycatch of the deepwater EKP fishery further south where there was also a lack of immature specimens [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref012" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref057" ref-type="bibr">57</xref>]. Gear selectivity was discounted as the cause of the lack of small individuals in the southern study, as the small trawl mesh should retain small sharks [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref057" ref-type="bibr">57</xref>]. This suggests that immature animals of the species of catsharks taken across the deepwater EKP fishery may occupy deeper waters than adults [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref057" ref-type="bibr">57</xref>]. The absence of young catsharks in trawls has also been attributed to their migration up into the water column after birth until they are larger, when they then return to the demersal habitat [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref038" ref-type="bibr">38</xref>]. Despite mostly adult <italic>A</italic>. <italic>pallidus</italic> being captured in the EKP fishery; this species also has a refuge in deeper waters. Although it has a restricted distribution in offshore waters of Queensland, it also has refuge to the north of Swain Reefs because, similar to <italic>D</italic>. <italic>polyommata</italic>, the fishery is at the southern edge of the species range.</p><p>The other three species with distributions restricted to waters offshore of Queensland, <italic>P</italic>. <italic>delicatus</italic>, <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic> and <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic> all have refuge outside the fishery both spatially and at depth and were also all infrequently caught. However, the <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic> life history traits of slow growth, late maturity, high longevity and small litters are associated with a reduced capacity to recover from exploitation [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref002" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref003" ref-type="bibr">3</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>]. The <italic>U</italic>. <italic>piperatus</italic> also likely has low productivity because despite the continuous and possibly annual reproductive cycle, litters were small and high abortion rates on capture were evident. Abortion upon capture is typical of urolophids and can lead to reduced population viability [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref046" ref-type="bibr">46</xref>]. The likely low productivity of these deepwater chondrichthyans highlights the need to monitor catches of these species within the trawl fishery.</p><p>Two of the other deepwater chondrichthyans encountered that have broader Australian distributions, <italic>S</italic>. <italic>albipunctata</italic> and <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> are listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species due to heavy fishing pressure in the southeast Australia and documented declines in abundance [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref079" ref-type="bibr">79</xref>–<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref081" ref-type="bibr">81</xref>]. <italic>Squatina albipunctata</italic> has depth refuge from the deepwater EKP fishery and was caught infrequently however, this study has shown they have small litters and likely a non-continuous breeding cycle which indicates low biological productivity. The depth distribution of <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> (65–265 m) does not provide refuge from the Swain Reefs deepwater EKP trawl fishery. This study extended the known distribution of <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> from southern Queensland further north to Swain Reefs and while it has not been previously reported from the deepwater EKP fishery (either at the Swain Reefs or further south), <italic>U</italic>. <italic>flavomosaicus</italic> has been recorded, which was the field identification of <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> in this study. This study provides some evidence that <italic>U</italic>. <italic>flavomosaicus</italic> may not occur in eastern Australia, with the patterned form present in Queensland probably a colour variant of <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic>. As <italic>U</italic>. <italic>bucculentus</italic> also occurs on the shelf in shallower depths it may be exposed to fishing pressure from other sectors of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery. However, it has not yet been recorded as a bycatch of the fishery, nor has <italic>U</italic>. <italic>flavomosaicus</italic> [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref010" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>, <xref rid="pone.0156036.ref012" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>].</p><p>The EKP fishery (shallow and deep) has been the focus of a recent biological and economic management strategy evaluation study [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref013" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>]. The study was on the biology of the eastern king prawn and economics of the fishery with little discussion on the fishery bycatch. However, options for spatial and temporal closures and caps on total fishing effort were explored that could have ramifications for the deepwater chondrichthyan bycatch, that is, potentially providing a benefit through management of fishing pressure. A closure in part of the deepwater northern EKP area was considered but implementation not recommended as analyses indicated no benefit to yield or catch value [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref013" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>]. The study proposed continuation of an EKP fishery steering committee to enable more effective assessment and implementation of management measures in the fishery. This could provide a forum for consideration of measures to ensure the sustainability of the deepwater chondrichthyan bycatch. Any proposed research and monitoring component of the EKP fishery management could include prioritisation of the deepwater chondrichthyans with respect to those species likely to be most vulnerable to fishing pressure, and promote support for better recording of such species through logbooks, onboard electronic monitoring techniques and observers. There is an implicit need for species-specific life history studies of some of these potentially more vulnerable species. Support for research of new methods that may reduce the catch of deepwater chondrichthyans would also be of benefit. For example, a recent study in a North Atlantic demersal finfish trawl fishery at depths of 120–170 m reported decreased catch rates of squaloid sharks, skates and rays by removing the tickler chain deployed on the footrope of the trawl gear [<xref rid="pone.0156036.ref082" ref-type="bibr">82</xref>].</p><p>This study has increased the knowledge of the life history of deepwater chondrichthyans taken as bycatch of the Swain Reefs deepwater EKP fishery and present in the southern GBRMP. The species all have life history traits typical of deep habitats and indicative of low biological productivity, though variability in their life history and distributions result in varying degrees of resilience to fishing pressure. This highlights the need for each species to be individually assessed for risk from the fishery. More information is required on the catches of some species to ensure their sustainability. As such, ongoing monitoring of the deepwater chondrichthyans species taken as bycatch within the deepwater EKP fishery is recommended.</p></sec></sec><sec sec-type="supplementary-material" id="sec023"><title>Supporting Information</title><supplementary-material content-type="local-data" id="pone.0156036.s001"><label>S1 Table</label><caption><title>Deepwater chondrichthyans known to occur in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.</title><p>Source: A. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Chin et al. 2010); B. Eastern King Prawn fishery in the Great Barrier Reef, Department of Agriculture and Fishery Observer Program 2005–2010(Pears et al. 2012); C. Eastern King Prawn fishery in the Swain Reefs area of the Great Barrier Reef (the present study). Australian endemic: if endemic it is stated if restricted to waters offshore from Queensland-New South Wales (QLD-NSW) or Queensland (QLD). IUCN Status from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.iucnredlist.org">http://www.iucnredlist.org</ext-link>.</p><p>(DOCX)</p></caption><media xlink:href="pone.0156036.s001.docx"><caption><p>Click here for additional data file.</p></caption></media></supplementary-material><supplementary-material content-type="local-data" id="pone.0156036.s002"><label>S2 Table</label><caption><title>Observed shelf shark and ray species by sex, abundance and length.</title><p>All lengths are for <italic>L</italic><sub>ST</sub> unless otherwise specified as disc width (<italic>W</italic><sub>D</sub>). The percent of shelf bycatch is by abundance.</p><p>(DOCX)</p></caption><media xlink:href="pone.0156036.s002.docx"><caption><p>Click here for additional data file.</p></caption></media></supplementary-material><supplementary-material content-type="local-data" id="pone.0156036.s003"><label>S3 Table</label><caption><title>Genetic samples for deepwater chondrichthyan specimens collected from Swain Reefs Eastern King Prawn Fishery.</title><p>The GN numbers refer to samples with NADH2 sequences available as part of the Chondrichthyan Tree of Life project (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://sharksrays.org/">http://sharksrays.org/</ext-link>).</p><p>(DOCX)</p></caption><media xlink:href="pone.0156036.s003.docx"><caption><p>Click here for additional data file.</p></caption></media></supplementary-material><supplementary-material content-type="local-data" id="pone.0156036.s004"><label>S4 Table</label><caption><title>Depth and distribution range of deepwater chondrichthyans observed from Swain Reefs Eastern King Prawn Fishery.</title><p>Australian endemic: if endemic it is stated if restricted to waters offshore from Queensland-New South Wales (QLD-NSW) or Queensland (QLD). Source: Last and Stevens, 2009.</p><p>(DOCX)</p></caption><media xlink:href="pone.0156036.s004.docx"><caption><p>Click here for additional data file.</p></caption></media></supplementary-material><supplementary-material content-type="local-data" id="pone.0156036.s005"><label>S5 Table</label><caption><title>Age and growth data for <italic>Dipturus polyommata</italic>, <italic>Squalus megalops</italic> and <italic>Mustelus walkeri</italic>.</title><p>The growth completion rate <italic>k</italic> is the von Bertalanffy growth function. Note: <italic>M</italic>. <italic>walkeri</italic> male age at maturity was based on the largest adolescent male and the one mature male collected. Source: Rigby <italic>et al</italic>. 2105, Rigby <italic>et al</italic>. 2016.</p><p>(DOCX)</p></caption><media xlink:href="pone.0156036.s005.docx"><caption><p>Click here for additional data file.</p></caption></media></supplementary-material></sec></body><back><ack><p>The authors thank S. 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