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Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis
Published in Current biology (08-11-2021)“…The scale and drivers of marine biodiversity loss are being revealed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment process…”
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Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays
Published in Nature (London) (28-01-2021)“…Overfishing is the primary cause of marine defaunation, yet declines in and increasing extinction risks of individual species are difficult to measure,…”
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A global revision of the Seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): Taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research
Published in Zootaxa (01-08-2016)“…Nomenclatural clarity is vital for the collection, dissemination, and retrieval of natural history information, which itself is necessary for effective…”
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Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays
Published in Nature communications (17-01-2023)“…Sharks and rays are key functional components of coral reef ecosystems, yet many populations of a few species exhibit signs of depletion and local extinctions…”
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Overfishing and climate change elevate extinction risk of endemic sharks and rays in the southwest Indian Ocean hotspot
Published in PloS one (05-09-2024)“…Here, we summarise the extinction risk of the sharks and rays endemic to coastal, shelf, and slope waters of the southwest Indian Ocean and adjacent waters…”
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The IUCN Species Survival Commission launches a new Red List Authority to assess marine invertebrates
Published in Oryx (01-07-2023)Get full text
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Conservation successes and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (31-01-2023)“…Overfishing is the most significant threat facing sharks and rays. Given the growth in consumption of seafood, combined with the compounding effects of habitat…”
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Global extinction risk for seahorses, pipefishes and their near relatives (Syngnathiformes)
Published in Oryx (01-07-2021)“…Few marine taxa have been comprehensively assessed for their conservation status, despite heavy pressures from fishing, habitat degradation and climate change…”
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Size-based hydroacoustic measures of within-season fish abundance in a boreal freshwater ecosystem
Published in PloS one (15-04-2015)“…Eleven sequential size-based hydroacoustic surveys conducted with a 200 kHz split-beam transducer during the summers of 2011 and 2012 were used to quantify…”
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A global review of the spatial, taxonomic, and temporal scope of freshwater fisheries hydroacoustics research
Published in Environmental reviews (2016)“…This review assessed the status and scope of freshwater hydroacoustic fisheries research in global aquatic ecosystems with emphasis on (i) geographical and…”
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Extinction risk and conservation of critically endangered angel sharks in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
Published in ICES journal of marine science (01-01-2020)“…Abstract Understanding the details of local and regional extinctions allows for more efficient allocation of conservation activities and resources. This…”
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Troubled waters: Threats and extinction risk of the sharks, rays and chimaeras of the Arabian Sea and adjacent waters
Published in Fish and fisheries (Oxford, England) (01-11-2018)“…The extinction risk of sharks, rays and chimaeras is higher than that for most other vertebrates due to low intrinsic population growth rates of many species…”
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Fishing for oil and meat drives irreversible defaunation of deepwater sharks and rays
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (08-03-2024)“…The deep ocean is the last natural biodiversity refuge from the reach of human activities. Deepwater sharks and rays are among the most sensitive marine…”
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Inaccurate and Biased Global Media Coverage Underlies Public Misunderstanding of Shark Conservation Threats and Solutions
Published in iScience (26-06-2020)“…Sharks are a taxon of significant conservation concern and associated public interest. The scientific community largely supports management policies focusing…”
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Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis
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Extinction risk, reconstructed catches and management of chondrichthyan fishes in the Western Central Atlantic Ocean
Published in Fish and fisheries (Oxford, England) (01-09-2022)“…Chondrichthyan fishes are among the most threatened vertebrates on the planet because many species have slow life histories that are outpaced by intense…”
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Estimating IUCN Red List population reduction: JARA—A decision‐support tool applied to pelagic sharks
Published in Conservation letters (01-03-2020)“…The International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List is the global standard for quantifying extinction risk but assessing population reduction…”
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New Global Center for Species Survival launches programme of work
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Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-07-2017)“…Europe has a long tradition of exploiting marine fishes and is promoting marine economic activity through its Blue Growth strategy. This increase in…”
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Correction: Corrigendum: Coherent assessments of Europe's marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (12-06-2017)“…Nature Ecology & Evolution 1, 0170 (2017); published 26 May 2017; corrected 12 June 2017. In the original version of this Article, the European Commission was…”
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