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Western South America Regional Group

Regional Vice Chair:

Carlos Bustamante Diaz, University of Queensland (Chile)

Regional Members:
Michel Guerrero, Proyecto Mantas Ecuador (Ecuador)
Paola Meija-Falla, Fundación Squalus (Colombia)
Andres Navia, Fundación Squalus (Colombia)
Carlos Polo-Silva, Autoridad Nacional de Acuicultura y Pesca (Colombia)
Miguel Romero, Instituto del Mar del Perú (Peru)
Carolina Vargas-Cara, Programa de Conservación de Tiburones, Chile (Chile)
Ximena Velez-Zuazo, ecOceánica (Peru)
Patricia Zárate, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Chile (Chile)




Publications

Bustamante, C. and Bennett, M.B. 2013. Insights into the reproductive biology and fisheries of two commercially exploited species, shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and blue shark (Prionace glauca), in teh south-east Pacific Ocean. 143: 174-183.

Bustamante, C., Vargas-Caro, C. and Bennett, M.B. 2014. Biogeographic patterns in the cartilaginous fauna (Pisces: Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) in the southeast Pacific Ocean. PeerJ 2:e416.

Bustamante, C., Vargas-Caro, C. and Bennett, M.B. 2014. Not all fish are equal: functional biodiversity of cartilaginous fishes (Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) in Chile. Journal of Fish Biology (5):1617-33.

Catalogo de los Rescursos Pesqueros Continentales de Columbia / Catalogue of inland fishery resources in Columbia
​(Please email Carlos Andrés Lasso for a copy)


Cornejo, R., Vélez-Zuazo, X., González-Pestana, A., Kouri, C.J. and Mucientes, G. 2015. An updated checklist of Chondrichthyes from the southeast Pacific off Peru. Check List 11(6): 1-7.

Espinoza, M., Díaz, E., Angulo, A., Hernández, S. and Clarke, T.M. 2018. Chondrichtyan diversity, conservation status, and managemnet challenges in Costa Rica. Frontiers in Marine Science  5(85).

FAO. 2006. Taller sobre evaluacion y manejo de Elasmobranquios en America del sur y bases regionales para lost planes de accion / Workshop on assessment and management of elasmobranchs in South America and bases for Regional Plans of Action (DINARA/FAO). Montevideo, Uruguay. 7-9 de noviembre de 2005. FAO Informe de Pesca. No. 798. Roma, FAO. 55 pp.

Hearn, A.R., Acuña, D., Ketchum, J.T., Peñaherrera, C., Green, J., Marshall, A., Guerrero, M. and Shillinger, G. 2014. Elasmobranchs of the Galapagos Marine Reserve. In: J. Dekinger and L. Vinueza (eds), The Galapagos Marine Reserve, pp 23-59. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland.

Lasso, C.A. and Sanchez-Duarte, P. (eds). 2011. Los peces del Delta del Orinoco: Diversidad, bioecologia, uso y conservacion / Fish of the Orinoco Delta: Diversity, bioecology, use, and conservation. Fundacion La Salle de Ciencias Naturales y Chevron C. A., Caracas, Venezuela.

Martínez-Ortíz, J. 2010. Guía de campo para la identificación de los principales tiburones en el Océano Pacífico Oriental (Field guide for the identification of the main sharks in the eastern Pacific Ocean). Proyecto APEC FWG 01/2001 T. Primera edición. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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Mejía-Falla, P.A., Navia, A.F. and Puentes, V. (eds). 2011. 
Guía para la identificación de especies de tiburones, rayas y quimeras de Colombia (Identification guide of sharks, rays and chimaeras species from Colombia). inisterio   de   Ambiente   yDesarrollo Sostenible; Corporación para elDesarrollo Sostenible del   Archipiélago deSan Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina –CORALINA; Gobernación de San Andrés,Providencia   y   Santa   Catalina,   FundaciónSQUALUS, Bogotá, D.C. 
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Vargas-Caro, C., Bustamante, C., Bennett, M.B. and Ovenden, J.R. 2017. Towards sustainable fisher management for skates in South America: The genetic population structure of Zearaja chilensis and Dipturus trachyderma ( Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes) in the south-east Pacific Ocean. PLos ONE 12(2): e0172255.

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  • Global Shark Trends Project
    • A New Era for the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group
    • Assessing Extinction Risk for Global Shark Trends
    • Shark Systematics and the IUCN Red List
    • Recent Activities
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Resources
    • Past Red List Workshops
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  • Conservation Strategies
    • Conservation Strategies: Sawfish >
      • Sawfish Progress & Priorities
    • Conservation Strategies: Devil and Manta Rays
    • Conservation Strategies: Angel Sharks
  • IUCN Red List
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  • 2020-03 IUCN Red List Update