Writing Retreat on the Global Status Report on Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras

​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.

From | Shark News Issue 08
Written by | Alexandra Morata
 
“A roadmap for future policy and research actions for sharks, rays, and chimaeras”
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«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 (n=13), Indian Ocean (n=8), and Oceania (n=2).

The overall aim of the Global Report is to provide the necessary updates in relation to scientific information and advice that will lead to rational and responsible management, funding allocation, and research priorities to ensure the conservation of sharks around the world. This covers all known species of chondrichthyans –Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras – comprising over 1,250 species.»
 
Acknowledgement
This workshop was generously funded by the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund generously funded this workshop. We thank the funders for providing this opportunity and the report's contributors for their time and efforts.

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Full article first published in the Shark News magazine (Issue 08 | May 2023).