... LIFE HISTORY Compensatory Growth of the Sandbar Shark in the Western North Atlantic Including the Gulf of Mexico J G Romine,*1 J A Musick, and R A Johnson Virginia Institute of Marine Science, ... upon examination of sharks being born during the time of lowest abundance The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) longline survey reported the lowest abundance of Sandbar Sharks in 1993, ... significant increases in juvenile growth and earlier maturity in the Atlantic Sharpnose Shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae in the Gulf of Mexico after heavy exploitation, COMPENSATORY GROWTH OF THE SANDBAR...