We want to invite you to discover the tenth issue of Shark News – the official IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group (SSG) magazine. Shark News provides a forum for the exchange of information on all aspects of shark, ray, and chimaera conservation matters for SSG members and the general interested audience.
The fifth region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered the Polar Waters (Region 1). Stemming from the workshop in Tirana, Albania from 27-29 May, 2024, this resulted in the delineation of 34 ISRAs, four candidate ISRAs, and 11 Areas of Interest.
See here for the press release by the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE), featuring the ISRAs delineated in the Asia region
The Konservasi Indonesia has provided a press release sharing an update on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project from Asia, specifically focusing on the ISRAs delineated in Indonesian waters.
Read more about the Asia update of the Important Shark & Ray Areas (ISRAs) project from the Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF).
In this article from Oceanographic, it features the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project, and the release of the compendium of Important Shark and Ray Areas identified in the waters of Asia.
We welcome you to explore further information about the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group’s (SSG) work and results in 2023.It is available online on the SSC SSG’s portal
The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project has released a compendium of Important Shark and Ray Areas identified the waters of Asia. Areas delineated range in size from 0.9 km2 to 420,817.93 km2, encompassing shallow coastal waters to seas as deep as 1,928 m. They are important for a wide range of threatened and non-threatened species including the Widenose Guitarfish Glaucostegus obtusus, the Giant Freshwater Whipray Urogymnus polylepis, the Megamouth Shark Megachasma pelagios.
The fourth region region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered the Asian region. This regional expert workshop was held in Bali, Indonesia from 22–26 January 2024. This compendium provides an overview of all areas delineated.
New update on sawfish species published in the journal, Oryx.
