A third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are threatened with extinction, as new report narrows in on solutions
December 2, 2024
SOURCE | IUCN
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group (SSG) has published a status report on sharks, rays and chimaeras, nearly 20 years after its first report warned that sharks were threatened but underrepresented in conservation. Today we understand more about sharks, rays and chimaeras than ever before, but the scale of their declines threatens to outstrip improvements made in research and policy.
