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A Special Group of Rays Are Now World’s Most Threatened Marine Fish

18/7/2019

IUCN Shark Specialist Group Flags Need to Protect Critically Endangered “Rhino Rays”

PRESS RELEASE | London, 18 July, 2019

Whitespotted Wedgefish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) © Matthew D. Potenski

Giant guitarfishes and wedgefishes, collectively called Rhino Rays, are now the world’s most threatened marine fish, based on new Red List assessments released today by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Shark Specialist Group (SSG). All but one of the 16 warm-water, shark-like ray species are assessed as Critically Endangered due primarily to overfishing for meat and fins.

Shark Overfishing Reflected in Updated IUCN Red List

21/3/2019

Experts call for conservation action as more species qualify as Endangered

PRESS RELEASE | London, 21 March, 2019

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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A Special Group of Rays Are Now World’s Most Threatened Marine Fish

Shark Overfishing Reflected in Updated IUCN Red List

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