See the Global status report on sharks, rays, and chimaeras, an SSG report, featured in this issue of EnviroNews.

The sixth region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered New Zealand and Pacific Islands (Region 10). Stemming from the workshop in Nada, Fiji from 26-30 August, 2024, this resulted in the delineation of 179 ISRAs, two candidate ISRAs, and 50 Areas of Interest.
The fifth region region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered the Central and South American Pacific (Region 1). Stemming from the workshop in Tirana, Albania from 27-29 May, 2024, this resulted in the delineation of 34 ISRAs, four candidate ISRAs, and 11 Areas of Interest.

See this article on from Oceanographic as it features the newly released Science paper titled 'Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays' by Dulvy et al. (2024).

Listen here for a new episode of the World of Sharks podcast featuring Rima Jabado and Alexandra Morata, chair and program officer of the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG), respectively. This episode highlights the 7th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) and the published Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras report.

In this article by Forbes, it features the Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, the latest report by the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group.

Delve into this article from Oceanographic, where it features the Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, the latest report by the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group.

See here for the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group's latest publication, The Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, feature in this article from Save Our Seas Foundation.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a report, Global Status of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras, that highlights new knowledge compiled by 353 experts from 115 countries and stresses the urgent need to address overfishing and bycatch in all countries. 

A technical brief on important marine areas has just been released at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (CoP 16) of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Cali, Colombia. ​

New update on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project published in the journal, Marine Policy.

Mouton, T. L., Gonzalez-Pestana, A., Rohner, C. A., Charles, R., García-Rodríguez, E., Kyne, P. M., ... & Jabado, R. W. (2025). Shortfalls in the protection of ISRAs undermine shark conservation efforts in the Central and South American Pacific. Marine Policy, 171, 106448.