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Angelsharks in the Canary Islands – The last hope for this Critically Endangered shark.

23/6/2016

 
PRESS RELEASE | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | June 23, 2016
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The last populations of the iconic Angelshark Squatina squatina can now only be seen in the Canary Islands. Once found along the coast of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea (from Scandinavia to northwest Africa), this species is now Critically Endangered (as assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species) and has been lost from much of its previous distribution.

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      • Australia and Oceania
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      • Northeast Atlantic
      • Northwest Atlantic
      • Northeast Pacific
      • Northwest Pacific
      • Eastern South America
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