Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis

K. Dulvy, Nicholas; Pacoureau, Nathan; L. Rigby, Cassandra; A. Pollom, Riley; W. Jabado, Rima; A. Ebert, David; Finucci, Brittany; M. Pollock, Caroline; Cheok, Jessica; H. Derrick, Danielle; B. Herman, Katelyn; Samantha Sherman, C.; J. VanderWright, Wade; M. Lawson, Julia; H.L. Walls, Rachel; K. Carlson, John; Charvet, Patrícia; K. Bineesh, K.; Fernando, Daniel; M. Ralph, Gina; H. Matsushiba, Jay; Hilton‐Taylor, Craig; V. Fordham, Sonja; A. Simpfendorfer, Colin

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.062

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Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis

Published in Current Biology • Sep 6, 2021

Authors:

Nicholas K. Dulvy

Nathan Pacoureau

Cassandra L. Rigby

Abstract

The scale and drivers of marine biodiversity loss are being revealed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment process. We present the first global reassessment of 1,199 species in Class Chondrichthyes-sharks, rays, and chimeras. The first global assessment (in...

Subject

Threatened species

Overfishing

IUCN Red List

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