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Indian Ocean Regional Group

Regional Vice Chair:

Alec Moore, RSK Environment Ltd. and Bangor University 
Rima Jabado, Gulf Elasmo Project

Regional Members:

Elke Bojanowski, The Red Sea Sharks Trust
Igbal Elhassan, University of Bahri
Daniel Fernando, Blue Resources
Aaron Henderson, The School for Field Studies
Nigel Hussey, University of Windsor - GLIER
Moazzam Khan, WWF Pakistan
K.K. Bineesh, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
Akhilesh K. V.
Fereidoon Owfi, Iranian Fisheries Research Organization
Evgeny Romanov, CAP RUN - ARDA
David Rowat, Marine Conservation Society Seychelles
Umair Shahid, WWF Pakistan
Julia Spaet, University of Cambridge

Tooraj Valinassab, Iranian Fisheries Research Organization
Simon Weigmann

Publications

Henderson, A.C., Reeve, A.J., Jabado, R.W. and Naylor, G.J. 2016. Taxonomic assessment of sharks, rays and guitarfishes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from south-eastern Arabia, using the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (NADH2) gene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(2): 399-442. 

Jabado, R.W., Kyne, P.M., Pollom, R.A,. Ebert, D.A., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Ralph, G.M., Al Dhaheri, S.S., Akhilesh, K.V, Ali, K., Ali, M.H., Al Mamari, T.M.S., Bineesh, K.K., El Hassan, I.S., Fernando, D., Grandcourt, E.M., Khan, M.M., Moore, A.B.M., Owfi, F., Robinson, D.P., Romanov, E., Soares, A., Spaet, J.L.Y., Tesfamichael, D., Valinassab, T. and Dulvy, N.K. 2018. Troubled waters: Threats and extinction risk of the sharks, rays and chimaeras of the Arabian Sea and adjacent waters. Fish and Fisheries 19(6): 1043-1062.


Jabado, R.W. and Spaet, J.L.Y. 2017. Elasmobranch fisheries in the Arabian Seas Region: Characteristics, trade and management. Fish and Fisheries 18(6): 1096-1118.­

Moore, A.B.M. 2014. A review of sawfishes (Pristidae) in the Arabian region: diversity, distribution, and functional extinction of large and historically abundant marine vertebrates. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems,25(5): 656-677. 

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  • Home
  • About the SSG
    • Who We Are >
      • Membership and Terms of Reference
      • Australia and Oceania
      • Central America and the Caribbean
      • Indian Ocean
      • Mediterranean
      • Northeast Atlantic
      • Northwest Atlantic
      • Northeast Pacific
      • Northwest Pacific
      • Eastern South America
      • Western South America
      • Southeast Asia
      • Sub-equatorial Africa
      • West Africa
    • FAQs
    • Publications
    • Statements and Documents
    • Sponsors and Supporters
    • Policy Planning >
      • CITES >
        • CITES 17th CoP
      • CMS
      • RFMOs
      • IPOA-Sharks
    • Links
    • Contact
  • Global Shark Trends Project
    • A New Era for the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group
    • Assessing Extinction Risk for Global Shark Trends
    • Shark Systematics and the IUCN Red List
    • Recent Activities
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Resources
    • Past Red List Workshops
  • Global Analyses
  • Conservation Strategies
    • Conservation Strategies: Sawfish >
      • Sawfish Progress & Priorities
    • Conservation Strategies: Devil and Manta Rays
    • Conservation Strategies: Angel Sharks
  • IUCN Red List