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Learn more about the conservation issues facing the Endangered Maugean Skate. Images by Eloisa Pinheiro. Please share! Eloísa Pinheiro Giareta

🦈We encourage governments and managers to choose non-lethal options for shark control! It's time to prioritize coexistence and explore alternatives for a balanced ecosystem. 💙Read our position statement: ow.ly/lJhV50PUAME #SharkConservation

Long-term landing site surveys in Rep. of Congo 🇨🇬 partnering with artisanal fishers WCS Congo and fisheries dept. reveals waters host important pops of #sharks and #rays. Region is historically poorly studied so we provide a 🧵 of key findings doi.org/10.1111/csp2.1…

New paper about rhino rays, some of the most-threatened shark relatives! Rhino rays are sharklike rays from five families: sawfish, wedgefish, giant guitarfish, guitarfish and banjo rays. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New #sharkscience from Shiori Kanno. Mangrove use by sharks and rays: a review. int-res.com/abstracts/meps… Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS) OceaniaSharks Elasmobranch Society Michelle Heupel

We have just released our compendium of 125 Important Shark and Ray Areas for the Western Indian Ocean region. Download it here: sharkrayareas.org/download/weste… Learn more about us here: sharkrayareas.org/about-isras/ Please share widely! (Photo: Guy Stevens, Manta Trust )

The Important Shark and Ray Areas project's next region of interest is Asia, and this is the last week to submit preliminary areas of interest for consideration in next week's workshop! Please submit proposals ASAP for consideration, and please share widely!

Here are the latest IUCN Red List status updates for sharks and their relatives (graphic by Eloisa Pinheiro) Learn more about us: iucnssg.org/faq.html

It's been an honour & pleasure to be part of an impressive panel at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea side event on synergies between the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) & the #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty at #CMSCOP14 ! ICYMI, you can find my points in High Seas Alliance briefing: highseasalliance.org/wp-content/upl…

BREAKING: new study led by Brit Finucci finds that 1 in 7 species of deepwater sharks and rays are threatened with extinction, driven by shark liver oil markets and the meat trade. Paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Press release: dulvy.com/sharksinthedar…

🌊🧬Our new preprint on population genetics of bowmouth guitarfish in the Northwest Indian Ocean led by Marja Kipperman with Blue Resources Trust Rima Jabado Julia Spaet @Alifa_Haque biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Thanks to Save Our Seas and Shark Conservation Fund for supporting this work.

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems | Aquatic Journal | Wiley Online Library buff.ly/4aq5UBR Fisher perceptions of catch and trade of sharks and rays in Angolan small-scale fisheries

The Important Shark and Ray Areas project's next area of interest is Polar Waters. We can still accept proposals for preliminary areas of interest through Tuesday May 28th- please submit! sharkrayareas.org/isra/faq/

Happy World Ocean Day from the IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group! This year's theme is "awaken new depths." We work with expert colleagues all over the world to make sure that shark, ray, and chimaera conservation doesn't just skim the surface.

Join us on 21st June to dicuss how implementation of #CITES can support #shark management in the #Mediterranean! Sharkproject_DE Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) MEDASSET @IseaOrg IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation 🌿 MedSharks Dr. David Shiffman 🦈 BirdLife Europe & Central Asia Angel Shark Project Colin Simpfendorfer

Over 90% of the #shark fin trade is now regulated on CITES. Implementation is next. New ID guides, launched by Luke Warwick and team today and free to download online, will help customs and enforcement agencies do this effectively. bit.ly/3LtQhzf

🚨 New 🦈 Shark Study: A groundbreaking analysis, published in Science Magazine, reveals the outsized role sharks play in maintaining #biodiversity and ecosystem health. Read more: bit.ly/4c8IZM3 FIU College of Arts, Sciences & Education Mike Heithaus Yannis Papastamatiou Simon Dedman

New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in Science Magazine reveals that #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk 👉🏽Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTre…

Mobulid rays, including manta and devil rays, are among the most endangered elasmobranch species due to heavy fishing driven by demand for their meat and gills: ➡️43 countries catch significant numbers of rays ➡️14 countries extract gill plates Read on: research.mantatrust.org/palacios-et-al…

The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project has completed another region! We are excited to announce the update to our eAtlas (sharkrayareas.org) and our latest compendium.