We are reviving the Shark News newsletter in 2021!
We would like to invite the IUCN Shark Specialist Group (SSG) members to submit written contributions.
Please contact the Communications Team.
We would like to invite the IUCN Shark Specialist Group (SSG) members to submit written contributions.
Please contact the Communications Team.
Shark News was the official IUCN Shark Specialist Group (SSG) newsletter from June 1994 to October 2004. We are now reviving this magazine to provide a forum for the exchange of information on all aspects of shark, ray, and chimaera conservation matters for SSG members and the general interested audience. For now, only SSG members are invited to contribute content to the newsletter; however, it will be available to non-members.
We want to publish articles:
We will not publish original scientific data but aim to complement scientific journals. Published material will represent the authors' opinions only, not those of the IUCN or the Shark Specialist Group.
Dates: Publication dates are dependent upon available resources and receiving sufficient material for publication; hopefully, four issues per annum in January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.
Contributions: Manuscripts should preferably be written in English. Please send your manuscript and complementary documents to the Communications Team at the latest one month before the above-mentioned publication dates. If you would like to share your article in another language, please contact the Communications Team, and we will arrange a translation.
Media: Photographs, tables and figures must include captions, be in vector format, or uncompressed JPEG or TIFF format with a resolution of 2'000 pixels at least, but preferably higher in their original size.
Type and length of features (word counts include titles and references):
Writing style: This newsletter goes to members of the general public, managers and policy-makers, and chondrichthyan specialists, fisheries scientists and the conservation community. We need a clear and brief style of writing that is easy to understand. It is also essential to break up the text with sufficient sub-headings and provide one or two photographs or graphics. There is room for small tables, but nothing too long and complicated.
Credits: Author's name, affiliation and address must be provided, with their email address and social network links (e.g., webpage, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). Please provide credits for all submitted photographs or illustrations with the manuscript.
We want to publish articles:
- dealing with shark, ray, and chimaera fisheries, conservation, and population status issues around the world;
- circulate information on other relevant publications, scientific papers, policy or trade updates, and 'hot topics';
- alert our readers to current threats to sharks, rays, and chimaeras;
- and, provide news of upcoming relevant meetings, conferences, and events.
We will not publish original scientific data but aim to complement scientific journals. Published material will represent the authors' opinions only, not those of the IUCN or the Shark Specialist Group.
Dates: Publication dates are dependent upon available resources and receiving sufficient material for publication; hopefully, four issues per annum in January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.
Contributions: Manuscripts should preferably be written in English. Please send your manuscript and complementary documents to the Communications Team at the latest one month before the above-mentioned publication dates. If you would like to share your article in another language, please contact the Communications Team, and we will arrange a translation.
Media: Photographs, tables and figures must include captions, be in vector format, or uncompressed JPEG or TIFF format with a resolution of 2'000 pixels at least, but preferably higher in their original size.
Type and length of features (word counts include titles and references):
- Feature articles should be 2,000–3,000 words and may include several high-quality photographs and illustrations.
- Lead articles, with two good size illustrations, should be no more than 1,300–1,400 words.
- A half-page article should be 550–600 words, (450–500 words leaves space for an illustration or image).
- A full-page (2 column) article with good-sized illustration(s) and image(s) should be 800–1,000 words.
- Short news communications and letters are also welcome.
Writing style: This newsletter goes to members of the general public, managers and policy-makers, and chondrichthyan specialists, fisheries scientists and the conservation community. We need a clear and brief style of writing that is easy to understand. It is also essential to break up the text with sufficient sub-headings and provide one or two photographs or graphics. There is room for small tables, but nothing too long and complicated.
Credits: Author's name, affiliation and address must be provided, with their email address and social network links (e.g., webpage, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). Please provide credits for all submitted photographs or illustrations with the manuscript.