World Conservation Congress 2016

IUCN Congress: Marine Species Expert Panel Reviews Conservation Successes and Challenge

PRESS RELEASE | Honolulu, Hawai’i | May 9, 2016

A panel of leading experts in fishes has gathered in the IUCN World Conservation Congress Species Pavilion to discuss the surge of interest in ocean health, and the effect of this surge on conservation successes and challenges. Organized by the IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, panelists discussed the growing number of marine species assessed under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and how to ensure that threatened species assessments prompt effective conservation action.

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