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Mapping ISRAs in the Central and South American Pacific -existing knowledge and data needs

8/5/2025

NEW PUBLICATION

See the newest publication on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project published in the journal, PLOS One.

García-Rodríguez E, Gonzalez-Pestana A, Charles R, Palacios MD, Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Alfaro-Shigueto J, et al. (2025). Mapping Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) in the Central and South American Pacific: existing knowledge and data needs. PLoS One 20(4): e0322445. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322445

Fernando de Noronha é identificada como ‘área importante para tubarões e raias’ por comissão internacional

8/5/2025

Read about how the Fernando de Noronha, an ISRA identified in the South American Atlantic, was highlighted in this article by g1 | globo.

Critical Habitats for Sharks and Rays Identified Across South America’s Atlantic and Inland Waters

6/5/2025

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Results of five-day workshop on Important Shark and Ray Areas final with 102 areas identified across the region.

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South American Atlantic and Inland Waters: A regional compendium of Important Shark and Ray Areas

6/5/2025

The eighth region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered the South American Atlantic (Region 5). Stemming from the joint regional workshop for the South American Atlantic and Inland Waters (Regions 5 and 13) in Montevideo, Uruguay from 13-17 January, 2025, this resulted in the delineation of 81 ISRAs, 2 candidate ISRAs, and 25 Areas of Interest for this region.

South American Inland Waters: A regional compendium of Important Shark and Ray Areas

29/4/2025

The seventh region targeted by the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project covered the South American Inland Waters (Region 13). Stemming from the joint regional workshop for the South American Atlantic and Inland Waters in Montevideo, Uruguay from 13-17 January, 2025, this resulted in the delineation of 21 ISRAs and 14 Areas of Interest.

Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs): A blueprint for conservation

25/3/2025

After a temporary break from publication in 2024, the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI) newsletter is back – packed with news from around the GOBI community and beyond. See the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) being featured in this issue!

Turning the tide for sharks: Important Shark and Ray Areas

6/3/2025

See here for the latest update about the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project in this First View publication in Oryx. This publication summarizes the progress of the ISRA project since launching and covers the goals until 2027.

Swim With Sharks In Rangiroa’s Blue Lagoon In French Polynesia

13/2/2025

See here how the Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras is highlighted in Forbes latest article about shark tourism in Rangiroa, French Polynesia.

Shark News | Issue 11 | January 2025

27/1/2025

We want to invite you to discover the eleventh issue of Shark News – the official IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group (SSG) magazine.

Shark News provides a forum for the exchange of information on all aspects of shark, ray, and chimaera conservation matters for SSG members and the general interested audience.

Australia a haven as shark and ray populations collapse

16/1/2025

Read here as James Cook University features the Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, highlighting key topics of the report such as overfishing driving most species to extinction as demand for their meat rapidly increases – but Australia is currently bucking the trend.

A third of sharks, rays, chimaeras threatened with extinction – Report

29/12/2024

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

New Zealand and Pacific Islands: A regional compendium of Important Shark and Ray Areas

20/12/2024

Sharks and rays now 20% closer to extinction, says new Index

6/12/2024

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).

What’s Happening to the World’s Sharks and Rays?

5/12/2024

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.

The $1-Billion Shark Trade: Can Conservation Keep Up?

3/12/2024

Sharks and rays are more than the sum of their parts. Their ecological significance, cultural value, and role in human livelihoods make them worth saving. | AFP via Getty Images

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.

Demand for shark meat doubles despite species extinction threat

2/12/2024

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.

The IUCN’s report on the global status of sharks, rays and chimaeras: a crisis, but there are solutions

2/12/2024

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.

A third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are threatened with extinction, as new report narrows in on solutions

2/12/2024

NEW PUBLICATION

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.

IUCN WCPA Technical Note 16: Approaches for identifying areas of particular importance for marine biodiversity

30/10/2024

TECHNICAL NOTE

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.

Shortfalls in the protection of Important Shark and Ray Areas undermine shark conservation efforts in the Central and South American Pacific

30/10/2024

NEW PUBLICATION

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.

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