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Shark News - Issue 2 | July 2021
Content:
- 4 Editorial: A note from the Chair
- 5 Q&A with Lee Crockett
- 9 The Hunt for a Pygmy Devil
- 13 In Memory of Professor Carolus Maria Vooren
- 15 The Convention on Migratory Species and Sharks
- 20 Shark Spotlight: The Quagga Catshark
- 21 Angel Sharks: A growing network to safeguard the future of these Critically Endangered Sharks
- 36 Huber Arte Marhina
- 39 Sand Tiger Shark: Southwest Atlantic Conservation Planning Workshop
- 42 Assessing River Jewels
- 44 Studying Silky Sharks in the Western Atlantic
- 46 Shark catches in Albania
- 48 Gillnets of large mesh sizes: a threat to sharks and rays
- 50 3D printed replica shark fins
- 52 Are we too late for the Sawfishes of Sri Lanka?
- 55 The first record of a juvenile Megamouth Shark
- 59 Shark fin consumption in Hong Kong
- 63 3rd Indonesian Shark and Ray Symposium
- 65 Marine Historical Ecology Working Group
- 66 The use of Shark Liver Oil
- 68 IUCN Red List Sawfishes reassessments
- 69 Crash Course in the Human Dimensions of Shark Conservation
- 70 Shark Biology and Conservation
- 75 Sharks of the World
- 79 Funding Opportunities
- 80 Upcoming Meetings
Summary
This second issue is even more packed with incredible stories. It is loaded with information on projects being carried out across the world. The stories are inspiring, hopeful, and engaging from using art as a tool for social change and education on sharks and rays, interviewing the public in Hong Kong about the shark fin trade and consumption patterns, establishing a network of researchers across the European range of Angel Sharks and developing regional action plans, collaborating across borders to save a Critically Endangered Sand Tiger Shark population in South America, using fisher knowledge to understand the status of sawfishes in Sri Lanka, organizing a regional symposium to bring together scientists and find synergies across research and management actions, exploring shark fisheries in Albania and Kenya, and studying Silky Sharks in the Atlantic Ocean.
Don’t miss out on other news such as the first record of a juvenile Megamouth Shark from China, what shark species are listed on the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and what that means, an update on the beautiful ‘River Jewels’ – the South American Freshwater Stingrays, the hunt for the East Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray off West Africa, information on how shark liver oil is being used, the upcoming release of the much-awaited new edition of Sharks of the World, and a new book on shark biology and conservation.
You will also find an invitation to take part in a training course on the human dimensions of shark conservation, information on upcoming IUCN Red List of Threatened Species assessments and how you can get involved, and the establishment of a new Working Group on Marine Historical Ecology.
