<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-id>0034-7744</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Biología Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. biol. trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7744</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-77442015000500319</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rbt.v63i1.23111</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Capturas de la raya Dasyatis longa (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) en las pesquerías artesanales de Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Longtail stingray Dasyatis longa, (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) catches in the artisanal fisheries of Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Garro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrés]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zanella]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ilena]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Asociación Conservacionista Misión Tiburón  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Playas del Coco Guanacaste]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>63</volume>
<fpage>319</fpage>
<lpage>327</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-77442015000500319&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442015000500319&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-77442015000500319&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Entre mayo 2010 y mayo 2011 se analizaron las rayas látigo (Dasytis longa) capturadas por pescadores artesanales de Golfo Dulce, Pacífico Sur de Costa Rica. En total se realizaron 30 faenas en diferentes zonas con fondos lodosos y rocosos de baja profundidad (menos de 30m). Durante las 30 faenas de pesca se capturaron 872 organismos, de estos, 112 (13.1%) fueron rayas. La especie más abundante fue D. longa, aportando el 75.7% de las rayas y más del 10% de la captura total. Los análisis revelaron una proporción sexual de 1.33 machos por cada hembra para las rayas látigo y una longitud media del ancho del disco de 84.63±12.11cm. Con respecto a la captura por unidad de esfuerzo (CPUE), las mayores CPUE se obtuvieron en enero y febrero que se capturaron en promedio de 0.006 rayas látigo por anzuelo por hora. La condición de captura, el bajo valor comercial y la disponibilidad de los pescadores, permitió liberar el 99% de las rayas capturadas. Debido a la alta sobrevivencia y capturas de D. longa en las pesquerías artesanales, se recomienda regular la línea de fondo durante enero-febrero en Los Bajos, Pique Fijo y La Ciénaga (Zona externa Golfo Dulce).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract From May 2010 until May 2011, the longtail stingrays (Dasytis longa), caught by artisanal fishermen in Golfo Dulce, south Pacific of Costa Rica, were analyzed. We observed a total of 30 artisanal fishing operations in different areas of Golfo Dulce, with muddy bottoms and very shallow waters (less than 30m). The areas called &#8220;Los Bajos&#8221; and &#8220;Pique Fijo&#8221; represented the 26.7% and 23.3% of all the operations, respectively. Other important areas were &#8220;La Cienaga&#8221; (20.0%), &#8220;Lapa-Ríos&#8221; (6.7%) &#8220;Piedra del Sombrero&#8221; (6.7%) and &#8220;Pavones&#8221; (6.7%). &#8220;Matapalo&#8221;, &#8220;Corcovado&#8221; and &#8220;Punta Banco&#8221; were less used by fishermen (9.9% of trips). In the captures, 345 (39.6%) were sharks (Sphyrnidae Carcharhinidae, Heterodontidae, Ginglymostomatidae and Triakidae), 228 (26.1%) bait fish (Aridae), 112 (13.1%) rays (Dasyatidae, Myliobatidae, Rhinobatidae and Mobulidae) and 111 (12.7%) commercial fish (Lutjanidae, Serranidae, Sciaenidae). The most abundant ray was D. longa, with 75.7% of total rays caught, n=112), and more than 10% of total catch. The longtail stingrays male: female ratio was 1.33:1. Mean width disc length was 84.63±12.11cm. The highest Catch per unit effort, CPUE, was in January-February (0.006 stingrays per hook per hour). The lowest was in July and August (0.0004). Nearly all rays caught were released. We recommend regulations on the artisanal bottom line during from January to February in the areas of Los Bajos, Pique Fijo, and La Cienega. Rev. Biol. Trop. 63 (Suppl. 1): 319-327. Epub 2015 April 01.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Golfo Dulce]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Dasyatis longa]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dasyatis longa]]></kwd>
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