As part of the IUCN Red List methodology, Red List training and assessment workshops are organised. At Red List training workshops, scientists and experts are trained in applying the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria and the Regional Guidelines to conduct the species assessments.
Assessment workshops have been identified as the most cost-effective method of peer-reviewing species assessments. They are an important part of the Red List assessment methodology, as these workshops greatly improve the quality of the assessments through the input of additional data and peer reviews, and thereby fill any data gaps in species knowledge. The Red List Categories given to the species are agreed upon by consensus among the group of scientific experts, therefore making the assessments robust and consistent.
Assessment workshops have been identified as the most cost-effective method of peer-reviewing species assessments. They are an important part of the Red List assessment methodology, as these workshops greatly improve the quality of the assessments through the input of additional data and peer reviews, and thereby fill any data gaps in species knowledge. The Red List Categories given to the species are agreed upon by consensus among the group of scientific experts, therefore making the assessments robust and consistent.
IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG)
Workshop Timeline
A trip down memory lane in the history of workshops...
4th Decade | 2021 – 2030
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UPCOMING | March 2 – 6, 2026 ISRA Workshop - North American and Caribbean Atlantic and North American Pacific Playa del Carmen, Mexico |
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September 8 – 12, 2025 ISRA Workshop - Australia and Southeast Indian Ocean Adelaide, SA, Australia |
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February 12, 2025
How to use social media to communicate shark conservation science to the public Online 
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November 25 – 27, 2023
Global Report Editing Workshop Auckland, New Zealand 
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April 4–8, 2022
ISRA Workshop - Delineating ISRA criteria Gland, Switzerland 
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February 23, 2022
ISRA Workshop - Adoption of ISRAs into National and Regional Policy Workshop Global, Online 
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November 16–19, 2021
Sawfish Red List Assessments Update Workshop Global, Online 
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3rd Decade | 2011 – 2020
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November 4 – 7, 2019 Mediterranean Shark and Ray Conservation Meeting Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain |
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November 2019
Deepwater Global Shark Trends Workshop Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
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September 2019 Northwest Pacific Global Shark Trends Workshop Nagasaki, Japan |
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June 2019
Northwest and Western Central Atlantic Global Shark Trends Workshop Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas 
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March 25 – 27, 2019
Mediterranean Angel Sharks: Regional Action Plan National Institute of Sciences and Technologies of the Sea (INSTM) in Salammbô, Tunisia 
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February 2019
Pacific South America Global Shark Trends Workshop Cali, Colombia 
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November 2018
Pelagic Sharks Global Shark Trends Workshop Dallas, USA 
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June 2018
Atlantic South America Global Shark Trends Workshop João Pessoa, Brazil 
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June 2018 Chimaeras Global Shark Trends Workshop João Pessoa, Brazil |
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July 2017 New Zealand and Oceania Workshop Auckland, New Zealand |
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March 2015 Australia and Oceania Workshop Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
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9-12 June 2014
Devil and Manta Ray Conservation Strategy Workshop Durban, South Africa
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March 2014 Northeast Pacific Workshop Seattle, Washington, USA |
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2nd Decade | 2001 – 2010
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November 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Training Workshop Galway, Ireland |
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June 2010 Not Evaluated Species Workshop Cairns, Australia |
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July 2007
Asia-Northwest Pacific Workshop Batangas, Philippines 
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February 19 – 23, 2007 IUCN SSG Red List Workshop | Pelagic Species Tubney House, University of Oxford, UK
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July 2006 Expert Panel Review Newbury, UK |
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June 2006 West Africa Workshop Dakar, Senegal |
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February 2006
Northeast Atlantic Workshop Peterborough, UK
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March 2005 Expert Panel Review Newbury, UK |
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September 6 – 10, 2004
IUCN SSG Red List Workshop | Batoid (skates and rays) Cape Town, South Africa 
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June 15 – 18, 2004
IUCN SSG Red List Workshop | North and Central America Sarasota, Florida, USA 
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November 27 – 29, 2003
Deepsea Chondrichthyan Workshop Dunedin, New Zealand Held in conjunction with DeepSea 2003 and co-sponsored by FAO and DEFRA 
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September 29 – October 1, 2003
IUCN SSG Red List Workshop | Mediterranean Sea San Marino Convened jointly with the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (read IUCN overview) 
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September 2003 IUCN SSG Red List Workshop | Sub-Equatorial Africa Durban, South Africa |
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June 23 – 25, 2003 IUCN SSG Red List Workshop | South America Manaus, Brazil Part of the 19th American Elasmobranch Society Meeting | June 26 – July 1, 2003 |
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March 7 – 9, 2003
IUCN SSG Red List Workshop | Australia and Oceania North Stradbroke Island, Australia 
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1st Decade | 1991 – 2000
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November 3 – 8, 1997 Shark Specialist Group meeting 5th Into-Pacific Fish Conference Noumea, New Caledonia |
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July 7 – 10, 1997
Shark Specialist Group meeting Darwin Project workshop Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 
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June 26 – July 2, 1997 Shark Specialist Group meeting During 13th American Elasmobranch Society (AES) annual meeting Seattle, Washington, USA |
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August 3, 1996
Shark Specialist Group meeting ’Sharks and Man: Worldwide Management and Conservation’ Country Comfort Lemmons Hotel Part of the the World Fisheries Congress | July 28 – August 2, 1996 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 
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June 1996 Shark Specialist Group meeting During the 12th American Elasmobranch Society (AES) annual meeting New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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April 29 – May 1, 1996
IUCN Red List Workshop Zoological Society of London, London, UK 
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August 15 – 18, 1995 Study Group on Elasmobranch Fishes The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Copenhagen, Denmark |
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25 February - 1 March 1991
First IUCN Shark Specialist Group (SSG) Meeting International Conference on Shark Biology and Conservation | Sharks Down Under Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia
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