IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission & Vision
    • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
    • Sponsors
    • Visual Identity and Brand Guide
    • Annual Reports
    • Membership | TOR
    • FAQ
  • Members
    • Who We Are >
      • Our Team
      • Our Members
      • Our History
    • Where We Work >
      • North America
      • Central America and the Caribbean
      • South America
      • Northern Europe
      • Mediterranean
      • Africa
      • Indian Ocean
      • ​Asia
      • Oceania
    • What We Do >
      • Aquarium Working Group
      • Assess Working Group
      • Bycatch Working Group
      • Communication Working Group
      • Deepwater Chondrichthyans Working Group
      • Human Dimensions Working Group
      • Integrative Taxonomy Working Group
      • Marine Historical Ecology Working Group
  • Resources
    • Shark News >
      • Shark News | Submission Guidelines
    • Shark News Legacy
    • Important Shark and Ray Areas >
      • ISRA Scientific Publications
    • Publications >
      • 2024 Global Status Report
      • Status Reports
      • Fisheries Management
      • Conservation Strategies
      • Migratory Species
      • Process Maps
      • SSG Statements
      • Identification Guide
      • Trade
      • Other
    • Policy Planning >
      • CITES >
        • CITES 17th CoP
      • The Convention on Migratory Species and Sharks
      • The Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (Sharks MOU)
      • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and Sharks
      • RFMOs
      • IPOA-Sharks
    • Workshops
    • Press
    • Links
    • Media Resources
    • Scientific References
  • News
  • Contact
  • Donate

News

Shark News | Issue 11 | January 2025

27/1/2025

 
Picture
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.

Read More

Australia a haven as shark and ray populations collapse

16/1/2025

 
Picture
© Gerald Schömbs
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.

Read More

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

29/12/2024

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

Read More

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

20/12/2024

 
Picture
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.

Read More

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

6/12/2024

 
Picture
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).

Read More

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

5/12/2024

 
Picture
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.

Read More

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

3/12/2024

 
Picture
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.

Read More

Demand for shark meat doubles despite species extinction threat

2/12/2024

 
Picture
© Alex Rose
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.

Read More

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

2/12/2024

 
Picture
Blue sharks | © Simon Hilbourne Copyright
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.

Read More

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

2/12/2024

 
NEW PUBLICATION
Picture
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. 

Read More
<<Previous
Forward>>

    Archives

    All
    2014
    2018
    2020
    2021
    2022
    2023
    2024
    2025
    2026


Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Copyright © 2026 | IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group | All Rights Reserved
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission & Vision
    • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
    • Sponsors
    • Visual Identity and Brand Guide
    • Annual Reports
    • Membership | TOR
    • FAQ
  • Members
    • Who We Are >
      • Our Team
      • Our Members
      • Our History
    • Where We Work >
      • North America
      • Central America and the Caribbean
      • South America
      • Northern Europe
      • Mediterranean
      • Africa
      • Indian Ocean
      • ​Asia
      • Oceania
    • What We Do >
      • Aquarium Working Group
      • Assess Working Group
      • Bycatch Working Group
      • Communication Working Group
      • Deepwater Chondrichthyans Working Group
      • Human Dimensions Working Group
      • Integrative Taxonomy Working Group
      • Marine Historical Ecology Working Group
  • Resources
    • Shark News >
      • Shark News | Submission Guidelines
    • Shark News Legacy
    • Important Shark and Ray Areas >
      • ISRA Scientific Publications
    • Publications >
      • 2024 Global Status Report
      • Status Reports
      • Fisheries Management
      • Conservation Strategies
      • Migratory Species
      • Process Maps
      • SSG Statements
      • Identification Guide
      • Trade
      • Other
    • Policy Planning >
      • CITES >
        • CITES 17th CoP
      • The Convention on Migratory Species and Sharks
      • The Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (Sharks MOU)
      • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and Sharks
      • RFMOs
      • IPOA-Sharks
    • Workshops
    • Press
    • Links
    • Media Resources
    • Scientific References
  • News
  • Contact
  • Donate