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Shark News - Issue 6 | July 2022
Content:
- 4 Editorial: A note from the Chair
- 6 Q&A with Early Career Scientists within the SSG
- 16 Sharks and the SPAW Protocol in the Wider Caribbean Region
- 28 Shark Spotlight: Paddlenose Spookfish
- 30 Interactive Shark Alley Exhibit opens at Two Oceans Aquarium
- 36 Face-to-face with the world’s most Dangerous Predator
- 40 Sharks International 2022 – Only three months to go!
- 42 The IUCN Green Status of Species Webinar
- 46 Global Genetic Reference Database of eDNA Barcodes
- 48 Experts Consider Shark Week a 'Missed Opportunity'
- 54 Preventing Shark and Ray Extinctions is Not Enough
- 60 Future Oceans : Priority Areas for Biodiversity Conservation
- 80 The First Record of a Saw Shark from Namibia
- 82 Tracking threatened sharks and rays in West Africa
- 86 Conservation, Fisheries, Trade and Management Status of CITES-Listed Sharks
- 92 The Ecological Significance of Sharks
- 84 All About Sawfishes
- 100 Diagnostic Book on Sawfishes in Costa Rica
- 110 Funding Opportunities
- 112 Upcoming Meetings
- 113 Our Sponsors and Supporters
Summary
In Issue 6 of Shark News, we feature a report on how to improve synergies between Regional Fisheries Bodies and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES). This information is particularly relevant as new proposals to list sharks on CITES are currently being evaluated. However, several new initiatives have been launched, shifting from the traditional fisheries or trade management focus of conservation.
Andy Cornish from WWF introduces us to SARRI – the Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative – where sites have been chosen around the world to work with coastal communities, local partners, and experts to secure shark recovery zones.
Our feature story is once again related to Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) as we move closer to making this a reality. With core funding from the Shark Conservation Fund, it is exciting to share how this approach can complement other similar area-based biodiversity and seascape approaches.
This issue also showcases articles about Shark Week and its relationship with scientists, the Shark Alley exhibit at the Two Oceans Aquarium, beachgoers and their relationship and understanding of Sharks, exciting news from Guinea Bissau, the first record of a Saw Shark from Namibia, an exciting Q&A with three early-career SSG members, several publications, and many more stories.
