Publications
All SSG publications are available for download. A limited number of printed versions of some of the reports are also available for a handling and postage charge, as detailed in these pages. To view IUCN publications, you can search for them on the IUCN website. Additionally, any regionally-specific publications that aren't listed here are available to view on each of the Regional Pages.
Global and Regional Reports
The Conservation Status of Australasian Chondrichthyans
Report of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group Australia and Oceania Regional Red List Workshop Queensland, Australia, 7-9 March 2003 Cavanagh Rachel, D. (ed); Kyne, Peter M. (ed); Fowler, Sarah L. (ed); Musick, John A. (ed); Bennett, Michael B. (ed). The Conservation Status of Australian Chondrichthyans: Report of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group Australia and Oceania Regional Red List Workshop. The University of Queensland, School of Biomedical Sciences, Brisbane, Australia. x + 170pp. |
Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras: The Status of the Chondrichthyan Fishes
Fowler, S.L., Cavanagh, R.D., Camhi, M., Burgess, G.H., Cailliet, G.M., Fordham, S.V., Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Musick, J.A. (comp. and ed.). 2005. Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras: The Status of the Chondrichthyan Fishes. Status Survey. IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 461 pp. |
The international and national frameworks for conservation and management of sharks: Recommendations for Ecuador
Fowler, S. (2005). The international and national frameworks for conservation and management of sharks: Recommendations for Ecuador. Contribution to Ecuador’s Draft National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks. IUCN, Quito, Ecuador. |
The Conservation Status of Northeast Atlantic Chondrichthyans
Report of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group Northeast Atlantic Regional Red List Workshop Peterborough, UK, 13ñ15 February 2006 Gibson, C., Valenti, S.V., Fordham, S.V. and Fowler, S.L. 2008. The Conservation of Northeast Atlantic Chondrichthyans: Report of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group Northeast Atlantic Red List Workshop. IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group. Newbury, UK. viii + 76pp. |
Overview of the Conservation Status of Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyans) in the Mediterranean Sea
Cavanagh, Rachel D. and Gibson, Claudine. 2007. Overview of the Conservation Status of Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyans) in the Mediterranean Sea. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Malaga, Spain. vi + 42 pp. |
The Conservation Status of North American, Central American, and Caribbean Chondrichthyans
Kyne, P.M., Carlson, J.K., Ebert, D.A., Fordham, S.V., Bizzarro, J.J., Graham, R.T., Kulka, D.W., Tewes, E.E., Harrison, L.R., and Dulvy, N.K. (eds). 2012. The Conservation Status of North American, Central American, and Caribbean Chondrichthyans. IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, Vancouver, Canada. |
European Red List of Marine Fishes
Nieto, A., Ralph, G.M., Comeros-Raynal, M.T., Kemp, J., García Criado, M., Allen, D.J., Dulvy, N.K., Walls, R.H.L., Russell, B., Pollard, D., García, S., Craig, M., Collette, B.B., Pollom, R., Biscoito, M., Labbish Chao, N., Abella, A., Afonso, P., Álvarez, H., Carpenter, K.E., Clò, S., Cook, R., Costa, M.J., Delgado, J., Dureuil, M., Ellis, J.R., Farrell, E.D., Fernandes, P., Florin, A-B., Fordham, S., Fowler, S., Gil de Sola, L., Gil Herrera, J., Goodpaster, A., Harvey, M., Heessen, H., Herler, J., Jung, A., Karmovskaya, E., Keskin, C., Knudsen, S.W., Kobyliansky, S., Kovačić, M., Lawson, J.M., Lorance, P., McCully Phillips, S., Munroe, T., Nedreaas, K., Nielsen, J., Papaconstantinou, C., Polidoro, B., Pollock, C.M., Rijnsdorp, A.D., Sayer, C., Scott, J., Serena, F., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Soldo, A., Stump, E. and Williams, J.T. 2015. European Red List of marine fishes. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. |
Global Priorities for Conserving Sharks and Rays: A 2015–2025 Strategy
Bräutigam, A., Callow, M., Campbell, I.R., Camhi, M.D., Cornish, A.S., Dulvy, N.K., Fordham, S.V., Fowler, S.L., Hood, A.R., McClennen, C., Reuter, E.L., Sant, G., Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Welch, D.J. (2015). Global Priorities for Conserving Sharks and Rays: A 2015–2025 Strategy. |
The Conservation Status of Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras in the Arabian Sea and Adjacent Waters
Jabado, R.W., Kyne, P. M., Pollom, R. A., Ebert, D. A., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Ralph, G.M., and Dulvy, N.K. (eds.) 2017. The Conservation Status of Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras in the Arabian Sea and Adjacent Waters. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, UAE and IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, Vancouver, Canada 236 pp. |
Conservation Strategies
Sawfish
Angelsharks
Mediterranean Angel Sharks
Regional Action Plan Gordon, C.A., Hood, A.R., Al Mabruk, S. A. A., Barker, J., Bartolí, A., Ben Abdelhamid, S., Bradai, M.N., Dulvy, N.K., Fortibuoni, T., Giovos, I., Jimenez Alvarado, D., Meyers, E.K.M., Morey, G., Niedermuller, S., Pauly, A., Serena, F. and Vacchi, M. 2019. Mediterranean Angel Sharks: Regional Action Plan. The Shark Trust, United Kingdom. 36 pp. |
Angelotes del Mediterráneo
Plan de Acción Regional Gordon, C.A., Hood, A.R., Al Mabruk, S. A. A., Barker, J., Bartolí, A., Ben Abdelhamid, S., Bradai, M.N., Dulvy, N.K., Fortibuoni, T., Giovos, I., Jimenez Alvarado, D., Meyers, E.K.M., Morey, G., Niedermuller, S., Pauly, A., Serena, F. and Vacchi, M. 2019. Angelotes del Mediterráneo: Plan de Acción Regional. The Shark Trust, Reino Unido. 36 pp. |
Les anges de mer de la Méditerranée
Plan d’action régional Gordon, C.A.; Hood, A.R.; Al Mabruk, S.A.A.; Barker, J.; Bartolí, A.; Ben Abdelhamid S.; Bradai, M.N.; Dulvy, N.K.; Fortibuoni, T.; Giovos, I.; Jimenez Alvarado, D.; Meyers, E.K.M.; Morey, G.; Niedermuller, S.; Pauly, A.; Serena, F. et Vacchi, M. 2019. Les anges de mer de la Méditerranée : Plan d’action régional. The Shark Trust, Royaume-Uni. 36 p. |
القرش†الملائكي†المتوسطي
خطة†عمل†إقليمية المستند∫†غوردن،†كƆأÆ؛†هود،†عƆرÆ؛†المبروك،†سƆأÆأÆ؛†باركر،†جÆ؛†بارتولي،†أÆ؛†بن†عبد†الحميد،†سÆ؛†براداي، مƆنÆ؛†دولفي،†نƆكÆ؛†فورتيبووني،†تÆ؛†جيوفوس،†يÆ؛†خيمينيز†ألفاردو،†دÆ؛†مايرز،†إƆكƆمÆ؛†موري،†غÆ؛ نييدرمولر،†سÆ؛†بولي،†أÆ؛†سيرينا،†فÆ؛†وفاتشي†مƆ2019†Æ†القرش†الملائكي†المتوسطي∫†خطة†عمل†إقليميةÆ |
Σχέδιο Δράσης για την Πρσοστασία των
Αγγελοκαρχαριών στο Αιγαίο και την Κρήτη GSAs 22/23 (Αιγαίο Πέλαγος και Κρήτη) Cat A. Gordon, Ali R. Hood, Ioannis Giovos, Roxani Naasan Aga – Spyridopoulou, Ayaka A. Ozturk, Cahide Cigdem Yigin, Emre Fakioğlu, Dimitris Ibrahim, Hakan Kabasakal, Ayse Oruc, Simone Niedermüller |
Wales Angelshark Action Plan
Barker, J., Davies, J., Wray, B., Sharp, R., Gollock, M., Evans, J., O’Connor, J., Evans, S., Gordon, C., Moore, A., Nelson, M., Dulvy, N.K., Hiddink, J., Fish, J., Jiménez Alvarado, D., Brittain, R., Meyers, E., Goralczyk, M., Bull, J., Jones, N., Sims, W. & Clark, M. 2020. Wales Angelshark Action Plan. Zoological Society of London, UK. 42 pp. |
Devil and Manta Rays
Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays
Lawson JM, Fordham SV, O’Malley MP, Davidson LNK, Walls RHL, Heupel MR, Stevens G, Fernando D, Budziak A, Simpfendorfer CA, Ender I, Francis MP, Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Dulvy NK. 2017. Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays. PeerJ 5:e3027 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3027 |
Pelagic Chondrichthyans
The Conservation Status of Pelagic Sharks and Rays
Report of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group Pelagic Shark Red List Workshop Tubney House, University of Oxford, UK, 19–23 February 2007 Camhi, M.D., Valenti, S.V., Fordham, S.V., Fowler, S.L. and Gibson, C. 2009. The Conservation Status of Pelagic Sharks and Rays: Report of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group Pelagic Shark Red List Workshop. IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group. Newbury, UK. x + 78p. |
You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays
Dulvy, N.K., Baum, J.K., Clarke, S., Compagno, L.J.V., Cortés, E., Domingo, A., Fordham, S., Fowler, S., Francis, M.P., Gibson, C., Martínez, J., Musick, J.A., Soldo, A., Stevens, J.D. and Valenti, S. (2008), You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays. Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst., 18: 459-482. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.975 |
Other Publications
Elasmobranch Biodiversity, Conservation and Management
Proceedings of the International Seminar and Workshop, Sabah, Malaysia, July 1997 Fowler, S.L., Reed, T.M. and Dipper, F.A. (eds). (2002). Elasmobranch Biodiversity, Conservation and Management: Proceedings of the International Seminar and Workshop, Sabah, Malaysia, July 1997. IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. xv + 258 pp. |
Les requins et autres poissons cartilagineux: écologie et conservation
Camhi, M., Fowler, S., Musick, J., Bräutigam, A. et Fordham, S. (1998). Les requins et autres poissons cartilagineux : écologie et conservation. Groupe de spécialistes des requins de la CSE de l'UlCN. UICN, Gland, Suisse et Cambridge, Royaume-Uni, iv + 44pp |
A collation and summarization of available data on deepwater chondrichthyans: biodiversity, life history and fisheries
Kyne, P.M. and C.A. Simpfendorfer, 2007. A collation and summarization of available data on deepwater chondrichthyans: biodiversity, life history and fisheries. Report prepared by the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group for the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, 137 pp. |
Extinction risk and conservation of the world's sharks and rays
Dulvy NK, Fowler SL, Musick JA, Cavanagh RD, Kyne PM, Harrison LR, Carlson JK, Davidson LN, Fordham SV, Francis MP, Pollock CM, Simpfendorfer CA, Burgess GH, Carpenter KE, Compagno LJ, Ebert DA, Gibson C, Heupel MR, Livingstone SR, Sanciangco JC, Stevens JD, Valenti S, White WT. Extinction risk and conservation of the world's sharks and rays. Elife. 2014;3:e00590. doi: 10.7554/eLife.00590. Epub 2014 Jan 21. PMID: 24448405; PMCID: PMC3897121. |
The evolution of chondrichthyan research through a metadata analysis of dedicated international conferences between 1991 and 2014
C Huveneers, DA Ebert & SFJ Dudley (2015) The evolution of chondrichthyan research through a metadata analysis of dedicated international conferences between 1991 and 2014, African Journal of Marine Science, 37:2, 129-139, DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2015.1042911 |
Ghosts of the coast: global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes
Dulvy, N. K., Davidson, L. N. K., Kyne, P. M., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Harrison, L. R., Carlson, J. K., and Fordham, S. V. (2016) Ghosts of the coast: global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes. Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst., 26: 134– 153. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2525. |
Shark News legacy (1994 – 2004)
Identification
Trade
CITES and the sea: Trade in commercially exploited CITES-listed marine species
Pavitt, A., Malsch, K., King, E., Chevalier, A., Kachelriess, D., Vannuccini, S. & Friedman, K. 2021. CITES and the sea: Trade in commercially exploited CITES-listed marine species. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 666. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb2971en |