Common names:
Hemari
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
Abundance:
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Importance:
minor commercial
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Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture:
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Regulations:
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
In old days the species was fished for the sake of its liver. In recent times it has been observed every year off the islands. In 1959 200 tons were landed and in 1960 162 tons were landed according to the Faroes statistics (Ref. 10953).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fo.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database:
Elasmobranchii 板鳃亚纲 (鲨鱼与 鱼) (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Lamnidae (Mackerel sharks or white shark)
Etymology: Lamna:From the Greek lamia, a large and voracious shark, originally from Lamia in Greek mythology, daughter of King Belos, who revenged the murder of her children by killing the children of others, and who behaved so cruelly that her face turned into a nightmarish mask. (See ETYFish); nasus:Latin for nose, referring to moderately long conical snout. (See ETYFish). More on author: Bonnaterre.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
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