Shark Overfishing Reflected in Updated IUCN Red List

Experts call for conservation action as more species qualify as Endangered
 
PRESS RELEASE | London, 21 March, 2019

Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) © Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

The Shark Specialist Group (SSG) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today released updated Red List Assessments for 58 species of sharks and rays, 17 of which were classified as threatened with extinction. The results are part of a global project to assess population trends based on a series of expert workshops, the first of which focused on Australian species as well as oceanic species found worldwide.

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