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A major step for protecting threatened sharks and rays in Bangladesh

28/9/2021

 
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WCS informs fishers during at-sea surveys about the legal protection of threatened sharks and rays in Bangladesh
This week the Government of Bangladesh took a major step to improve the protection of threatened sharks and rays by updating the list of species and species groups under the Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act, 2012. The updated list empowers the strict protection of eight genera and 23 shark and ray species, while allowing the sustainable exploitation, consumption, and trade of one genus and 29 species if their catch is found to be non-detrimental to wild populations.

​Bangladesh is a global hotspot for sharks and rays. Many species are threatened with extinction without urgent action taken to protect them. Sharks and rays are highly valued for their fins, gill plates and skins exported to international markets, especially China.

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Research for conservation and management

20/4/2021

 
Region Update | Indian Ocean
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Written by Daniel Fernando
  • Blue Resources Trust | Co-Founder and Director
  • IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG) | Regional Vice-Chair | Indian Ocean
Despite being an island nation, Sri Lanka often lacks the scientific data and tools necessary to monitor the marine environment and effectively conserve and manage its ocean resources. And it was a combination of this need for data, along with the challenges encountered when attempting research as an independent marine biologist, that led to the establishment of Blue Resources Trust (BRT).

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Report on the meeting of the Working Group on Recreational Fishing

18/4/2021

 
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Update from the IUCN SSG Mediterranean Region
Fabrizio Serena
  • Co-Regional Vice-Chair | IUCN Shark Specialist Group for the Mediterranean
  • National Research Council | Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies
Monica Barone
  • Member of IUCN Shark Specialist Group Fisheries Resources Consultant
An online meeting of the Working Group on Recreational Fishing (WGRF) was held on 25 and 26 of February 2021. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) coordinated the meeting. The Working Group’s main objective is to fill the main data gaps in this activity and produce helpful advice to support the sustainable management of recreational fisheries from an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries perspective.

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Pakistan- Sawfish status and update

18/4/2021

 
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Written by Muhammad Moazzam Khan
  • WWF-Pakistan | Technical Advisor
  • Member of the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG)
Sawfishes have become one of the rarest groups of marine animals with many populations at high risk of extinction. Three species of sawfishes, i.e. Narrow (Anoxypristis cuspidata), Largetooth tooth (Pristis pristis) and Green (Pristis zijsron), are known from Pakistan. Information about sawfishes in Pakistan is available through the work efforts of Moazzam and Osmany (2014).

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Globally, reef sharks are least abundant in East Africa: restoration possible through conservation and policy measures

18/4/2021

 
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Update from the IUCN SSG Africa Region
By Kennedy Osuka | CORDIO East Africa
A first global study published in Nature found reef sharks were absent on almost 20% of the 371 coral reefs sampled in 58 nations across the world. The study provides conclusive evidence of a severe decline in reef sharks on a global scale which is directly linked to fishing, but confirms protected areas and fishing gear restrictions are effective in maintaining healthy reef shark populations. The results were based on 15,165 hours of baited remote underwater video (BRUV) footage around the world.

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Contribution of the Russian SSG team to elasmobranch research during last decade

17/4/2021

 
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by Alexei M. Orlov | Former Regional Vice-Chair | Northwestern Pacific
In the Russian Federation, there is currently almost no targeted scientific research of cartilaginous fish, which is due to a number of reasons. First, the fauna of cartilaginous fish in the waters of Russia is quite poor, since most of its seas are located in temperate and cold waters, which are characterized by a low species diversity of the considered group of fish. Secondly, there is no specialized fishing of cartilaginous fish in Russia, which are caught as by-catch in trawl, net and longline fisheries. In the domestic market, products made from shark and ray meat are in very low demand, so most of them are sold in Asian fish markets.

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