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Shark News | Issue 08 | July 2023
News, Shark NewsWe want to invite you to discover the eighth 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.
Important Shark and Ray Areas Delineated in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), NewsThis news article featured the second Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) workshop, in a series of 13 regional workshops to be organized around the world, for the Mediterranean and Black Seas region.
Alicante and Murcia conservation concerns over sharks and rays
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), NewsA news article on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) workshop in the Mediterranean and Black Sea was featured in Euro Weekly News. This article highlights the ISRAs delineated in as a result of the workshop and interviews some of the contributors to the ISRA project.
Los Icues de Cori. Refugios para Tiburones y Rayas en el Litoral de la Región
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), NewsA new podcast available online by Onda Regional invites María Pozo Montoro to discuss the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project. Her and her team supported the delineation of two ISRAs, one of which is located in between San Pedro del Pinatar and the Calblanque Regional Park, and the other in the vicinity of Cabo de Palos.
Proponen dos áreas de interés para la conservación de tiburones y rayas entre el litoral de Alicante y Murcia
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), NewsFollowing the international committee of experts from the IUCN confirming 65 areas as Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA). This article published in Diario de Alicante spotlights two ISRAs between the coast of Alicante and Murcia.
La IUCN valora dos áreas del litoral de la Región para la conservación de tiburones y rayas
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), NewsThe ISRA zone projects on the coast of the Central and Southern America region have passed a first evaluation; the final decision was made in August 2023. This article highlighted the ISRAs in the region on La Verdad.
Important Shark and Ray Areas mapped in the Mediterranean and Black Sea
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), NewsA news article on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) workshop in the Mediterranean and Black Sea was featured in Monaco Life. This article highlights the 85 ISRAs delineated in as a result of the workshop.
Important Shark and Ray Areas delineated in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), News, Press, Publication releaseFive-day workshop on ISRA concludes with 85 areas to consider.
Científicos identifican 65 zonas importantes para la supervivencia de tiburones entre México y Chile
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), NewsA news article on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) workshop in the Central and Southern America region was featured in Mongabay. This article highlights the ISRAs delineated in Mexico and Chile.
A global approach to shark and ray conservation with Rima Jabado, Emiliano García Rodríguez and Ciaran Hyde
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), NewsNew podcast released by the World of Sharks Podcast interviews Rima Jabado, Emiliano García Rodríguez and Ciaran Hyde of the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) team to discuss the project, what it is, its goals, and achievements thus far.
Central and South American Pacific: A Regional Compendium of Important Shark and Ray Areas
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), News, Publication releaseThe first ever region region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered the Central and South American Pacific (Region 12). This regional expert workshop was held in in Bogota, Colombia from 3-7 October 2022. This compendium provides an overview of all areas delineated.
Important Shark and Ray Areas: a new tool to optimize spatial planning for sharks
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), News, Press«Overall, delineating Important Shark and Ray Areas globally will transform shark conservation and contribute to reducing mortality in this highly threatened group.»
«Initiatives have been developed for specific taxa, such as birds (Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas) and marine mammals (Important Marine Mammal Areas) and for biodiversity more generally (Key Biodiversity Areas and Ecological or Biologically Significant Marine Areas). These approaches are now well accepted and utilized in spatial and conservation planning. Until recently, such an approach had yet to focus on sharks and their relatives, the rays and chimaeras (hereafter collectively referred to as sharks), one of the most threatened faunal lineages (37% of species are categorized as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List).»
First Workshop identifies 73 candidate Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs)
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), News, Press, Publication releaseThe Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) and Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) are two different projects with strong synergy and opportunities to achieve more. As a result of the partnership between leading conservationists and scientists – including members of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Elasmo Project, James Cook University (JCU), and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) – SAARI aims to recover 23 Endangered and Critically Endangered species in some of their last hotspots by introducing ‘shark recovery zones’ in the next decade.
Shark News | Issue 07 | January 2023
News, Shark NewsWe want to invite you to discover the seventh 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.
Important Shark and Ray Areas – Selection Criteria
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), News, PressThe identification of ISRAs is achieved through the application of scientifically based criteria. The ISRA Criteria were developed to provide a framework to objectively identify areas of importance to sharks, crucial for their persistence and, where required, recovery.
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A New Hope
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), News, Publication releaseA newly released peer-reviewed paper in Frontiers in Marine Science emphasises that establishing measures to address the global decline in Chondrichthyes is more urgent than ever. The paper, “Putting sharks on the map: a global standard for improving shark area-based conservation,” outlines a set of standardized criteria for Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) that can support management considerations to reverse the loss of sharks globally and integrate these into area-based planning.
Shark News | Issue 06 | July 2022
News, Shark NewsWe want to invite you to discover the sixth 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.
Save Our Seas Foundation joins Shark Conservation Fund to save sharks and secure healthy oceans
NewsIn this article, it features the recent collaboration between the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) and the Shark Conservation Fund (SCF) leads to increased efforts in projects related to conserving sharks and their habitats.
Shark News | Issue 05 | April 2022
News, Shark NewsWe want to invite you to discover the fifth 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.
Putting critical sites for sharks on the map
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), News«Generally sharks, rays and chimaeras are long-lived, take a long time to reach maturity, are slow to reproduce and, when they do, produce few young. These characteristics make them extremely vulnerable to overfishing and other human-induced impacts, like climate change and habitat degradation. It is crucial that we find new and effective ways to protect these species before it’s too late.»