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Important Shark and Ray Areas – Informative Brochure
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), News, PressThe IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, with support from the IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme and the IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas, is engaged in an effort to develop an expert-driven innovative approach to ensure that discrete portions of habitats, critical to shark species — Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) — are delineated and used in various place-based conservation and management initiatives across the world’s ocean.
Shark News | Issue 04 | January 2022
News, Shark NewsWe want to invite you to discover the fourth 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.
Introducing ISRAs : Important Shark and Ray Areas
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA), NewsAn article introducing the Important Shark and Ray Areas was featured in the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI) latest newsletter. The article highlights the need for this new tool to delineate those areas most important to the persistence of sharks and how it can contribute to improved spatial planning.
Shark News | Issue 03 | October 2021
News, Shark NewsWe want to invite you to discover the third 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.
A major step for protecting threatened sharks and rays in Bangladesh
NewsNew Global Study Finds Unprecedented Shark and Ray Extinction Risk
News, Publication releaseExperts classify one-third of chondrichthyan fish species as threatened, urge conservation action Guitarfishes and wedgefishes are among the most threatened rays, due to the high value of their large fins. This Whitespotted Wedgefish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) reaches over 3 metres long and is classified as Critically Endangered by IUCN.
Shark News | Issue 02 | July 2021
News, Shark NewsWe want to invite you to discover the second issue of the official IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group (SSG) newsletter: Shark News
New guides to bolster shark and ray research and species identification in Southeast Asia
NewsThe CITES Secretariat and the Secretariat of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) have jointly published two guides to facilitate the identification of shark and ray species common in the Southeast Asian region.
Shark News | Issue 01 | April 2021
News, Shark NewsWe want to invite you to discover the first issue of the official IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group (SSG) newsletter.
Research for conservation and management
News, Shark NewsPutting a face to a name
News, Shark NewsPakistan- Sawfish status and update
News, Shark NewsGlobally, reef sharks are least abundant in East Africa: restoration possible through conservation and policy measures
News, Shark NewsField Guide to Sharks, Rays, & Chimaeras of Europe and the Mediterranean
News, Publication release, Shark NewsNEW PUBLICATION
Contribution of the Russian SSG team to elasmobranch research during last decade
News, Shark NewsCurious about what shark species occur in South Africa?
News, Publication release, Shark NewsSawfish face global extinction unless overfishing is curbed
News, PressSawfish have disappeared from half of the world’s coastal waters and the distinctive shark-like rays face complete extinction due to overfishing, according to a new study by Simon Fraser University researchers, published in Science Advances.
Oceanic Sharks and Rays Face Unprecedented Extinction Risk from Overfishing
News, PressGround-breaking New Study Finds Global Abundance Down 71% and 77% of species threatened
Assessing Extinction Risk for Global Shark Trends
NewsIt’s all in the Name: Shark Systematics and the IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, News