The eighth region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered the South American Atlantic (Region 5). Stemming from the joint regional workshop for the South American Atlantic and Inland Waters (Regions 5 and 13) in Montevideo, Uruguay from 13-17 January, 2025, this resulted in the delineation of 81 ISRAs, 2 candidate ISRAs, and 25 Areas of Interest for this region.
The seventh region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered the South American Inland Waters (Region 13). Stemming from the joint regional workshop for the South American Atlantic and Inland Waters in Montevideo, Uruguay from 13-17 January, 2025, this resulted in the delineation of 21 ISRAs and 14 Areas of Interest.
After a temporary break from publication in 2024, the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI)newsletter is back – packed with news from around the GOBI community and beyond. See the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) being featured in this issue!
See here for the latest update about the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project in this First View publication in Oryx. This publication summarizes the progress of the ISRA project since launching and covers the goals until 2027.
See here how the Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras is highlighted in Forbes latest article about shark tourism in Rangiroa, French Polynesia.
Read here as James Cook University features the Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, highlighting key topics of the report such as overfishing driving most species to extinction as demand for their meat rapidly increases – but Australia is currently bucking the trend.
See the Global status report on sharks, rays, and chimaeras, an SSG report, featured in this issue of EnviroNews.
The sixth region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered New Zealand and Pacific Islands (Region 10). Stemming from the workshop in Nada, Fiji from 26-30 August, 2024, this resulted in the delineation of 179 ISRAs, two candidate ISRAs, and 50 Areas of Interest.
See this article on from Oceanographic as it features the newly released Science paper titled ‘Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays’ by Dulvy et al. (2024).
Listen here for a new episode of the World of Sharks podcast featuring Rima Jabado and Alexandra Morata, chair and program officer of the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG), respectively. This episode highlights the 7th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) and the published Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras report.
