Using rapid assessment and demographic methods to evaluate the effects of fishing on Heterodontus portusjacksoni off far-eastern Victoria, Australia

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We thank the anonymous reviewers who improved this paper with their detailed comments and corrections. Thanks to E. Cortes (Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, U. S. A.) who kindly provided the risk assessment software used to incorporate uncertainty in the demographic model and M. Braccini who provided advice on its use. This research was supported by an Australian Fisheries Research and Development Corporation grant (FRDC Project 2003/023 to T. I. W.). The first author was supported by a Postgraduate Scholarship from the National Science and Technology Council (CONACyT) and the National Fisheries Institute (INAPESCA) from Mexico.