Alicante and Murcia conservation concerns over sharks and rays

A news article on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) workshop in the Mediterranean and Black Sea was featured in Euro Weekly News. This article highlights the ISRAs delineated in as a result of the workshop and interviews some of the contributors to the ISRA project.

From | Euro Weekly News
Written by | Anna Ellis

«Researchers from the CIMAR (Santa Pola Marine Research Centre) of the University of Alicante (UA) among other groups have produced scientific reports on the importance of two areas of the southern coast of Alicante and the Murcia Region for the conservation of sharks and rays.

These areas correspond to the coastal strip of the Region of Murcia and a deep sector between the south of Alicante and Seco de Palos. An international committee of experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has considered these areas as candidate areas for ISRA – Important Shark and Ray Areas.»

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