Migratory Species

The following websites include many more publications and information relevant to Migratory Species of Chondrichthyans:

The Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (Sharks MOU)

Conserving Mobulid Rays: ​A Global Strategy & Action Plan

Ender, I., ​Stevens, G. Carter, G., Atkins, R., Copeland, D. 2018. Conserving Mobulid Rays: ​A Global Strategy & Action Plan. Manta Trust.

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

Plan de Acción para el Angelote en las Islas Canarias

Barker, J., Bartoli, A., Clark, M., Dulvy, N.K., Gordon, C., Hood, A., Jiménez Alvarado, D., Lawson, J. & Meyers, E. 2016. Plan de Acción para el Angelote en las Islas Canarias. ZSL.

Angelshark Action Plan for the Canary Islands

Barker, J., Bartoli, A., Clark, M., Dulvy, N.K., Gordon, C., Hood, A., Alvarado, D.J., Lawson, J. & Meyers, E. 2016. Angelshark Action Plan for the Canary Islands. ZSL.

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 Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 18: 459-482. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.975

Review of Chondrichthyan Fishes

CMS Technical Series No. 15
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group (SSG)
December 2007

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. 2007. 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.

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