Sharks and rays of Papua New Guinea is a book produced by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) that aims to ‘point out the significance of sharks and rays in the traditional culture of PNG and provide a comprehensive account of their biological diversity’.
The book draws on the knowledge generated by a project on the sustainable management of the shark resources of Papua New Guinea (PNG) that was jointly undertaken by staff from the PNG National Fisheries Authority and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. It contains more than 332 pages of detailed descriptions, illustrations and photographs and its content brings to life 39 species of sharks and rays. Our editors proofread and edited the information-rich, 57 973 words of text, and ensured that page proofs were correctly laid out and checked for typographical errors.