In this article released by La Verdad, it highlighted the Seco de Palos and the strip between San Pedro del Pinatar and Calblanque passing a demanding scientific review and are now recognized as Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA).

Featured on this issue of the HuffPost is the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project's second workshop, in a series of regional workshops, for the Mediterranean and Black Seas region.

A news article on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) workshop in the Mediterranean and Black Seas region was featured on  El Español. This article features the ISRAs delineated in Alicante and Murcia.

We welcome you to explore further information about the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group’s (SSG) work and results in 2022.

​It is available online on the SSC SSG’s portal

​The IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG) hosted their second Global Report Writing workshop from Saturday, 18th March, to Monday, 20th March, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This allowed us to gather contributors from IUCN SSC SSG's Asia and Indian Ocean regions. These regions were underrepresented in our first workshop in October 2022, held alongside Sharks International (Valencia, Spain). Twenty-two contributors joined us in person from the SSG regional groups of Asia, Indian Ocean, and Oceania.

​We want to invite you to discover the eighth 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.

«​To inform policy and support policymakers and other relevant stakeholders in the decision-making process, the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG), in collaboration with the IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG), is working towards the development of a conservation strategy and action plan for pelagic sharks and rays. The work undertaken so far has been supported by the Convention on the Conservation on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Secretariat.»

As a follow-up to our Crash Course in Human Dimensions of Shark Conservation. We ran a 4-day free webinar in June 2023 as part of the workshop series. The following topics were covered:

1. Understanding trade for sharks, rays, and chimaeras and their products;
2. Gathering and using local ecological knowledge;
3. Using citizen science for conservation.

​This news article featured the second Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) workshop, in a series of 13 regional workshops to be organized around the world, for the Mediterranean and Black Seas region.

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.

A new podcast available online by Onda Regional invites María Pozo Montoro to discuss the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project. Her and her team supported the delineation of two ISRAs, one of which is located in between San Pedro del Pinatar and the Calblanque Regional Park, and the other in the vicinity of Cabo de Palos.

Following the international committee of experts from the IUCN confirming 65 areas as Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA). This article published in Diario de Alicante spotlights two ISRAs between the coast of Alicante and Murcia.

The ISRA zone projects on the coast of the Central and Southern America region have passed a first evaluation; the final decision was made in August 2023. This article highlighted the ISRAs in the region on ​La Verdad.

A news article on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) workshop in the Mediterranean and Black Sea was featured in Monaco Life. This article highlights the 85 ISRAs delineated in as a result of the workshop.

A news article on the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) workshop in the Central and Southern America region was featured in Mongabay. This article highlights the ISRAs delineated in Mexico and Chile.

New podcast released by the World of Sharks Podcast interviews Rima Jabado, Emiliano García Rodríguez and Ciaran Hyde of the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) team to discuss the project, what it is, its goals, and achievements thus far.

The first workshop in a series of workshop for the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA)  project was held in Bogotá, Colombia from 3–7 October 2022. The region covered included the Central and Southern America Pacific. This compendium provides an overview of all areas delineated.

​«The Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) and Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) are two different projects with strong synergy and opportunities to achieve more.» 

The IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG) hosted a first Global Report Writing workshop on Tuesday 18th, and Wednesday 19th of October, on the sidelines of the Sharks International 2022 conference in Valencia, Spain. This allowed to bring together contributors and members from around the world to work together and receive nation/region-specific input as they work towards developing a new roadmap for future policy and research actions for sharks, rays, and chimaeras.