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Shark News - Issue 7 | January 2023
Content:
- 4 Editorial: A note from the Chair
- 6 Q&A with Early Career Scientists within the SSG
- 14 Sharks and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
- 22 Shark Spotlight: Human’s Whaler Shark
- 24 Sharkipedia
- 28 The Impacts of Overfishing on Sharks and Rays
- 48 A Historic Win for Sharks and Rays
- 56 The Future of Shark Conservation is Collaboration
- 60 First Workshop identifies 73 candidate Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs)
- 62 Writing Retreat on the sideline of Sharks International 2022 in Valencia, Spain
- 66 Electro Shield System (ESS) - A Shark and Ray Bycatch Mitigation Technology
- 72 Have you ever seen these Sharks in the Persian seas?
- 84 Microanatomy of Shark Skin as a Novel Method to identify Elasmobranch Carcasses from Illegal Catches
- 90 Conservation Status of Chondrichthyans in the Adriatic
- 94 700 Sharks in the night – Shark Instincts, Ocean Moments
- 146 A Drop of Paint Can Create an Ocean of Change – Celebrating a Decade of Art and Activism
- 169 Funding Opportunities
- 170 Upcoming Meetings
- 171 Our Sponsors and Supporters
Summary
In Issue 7 of Shark News, we acknowledge that there were significant wins for sharks in 2022, such as the quotas for Shortfin Makos in the South Atlantic or the protection of the Greenland Shark in the Northwest Atlantic, and the listing of 104 shark and ray species on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).
We continue our interviews with three more SSG early career scientists from different regions. In a new series of articles, we look at the human impacts on sharks and rays, the first of which relates to overfishing, the biggest threat to this group, and provides an overview of impacts from industrial, artisanal, and recreational fisheries.
This issue includes news from around the world, including from the recent Sharks International conference, the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs), and the Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI).
We feature two stunning portfolios: Laurent Ballesta’s 700 Sharks in the Night showcases the feeding aggregations of Grey Reef Sharks in Fakarava, French Polynesia, and the PangeaSeed Foundation’s Sea Walls celebrates 10 years of street art or ‘Artivism’.
