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One of the shark broads. Only one at WWF.
European Elasmobranch Association friends, use #Elasmo25 for posts about the conference!
29.10.2025 08:56 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1Lotte Pohl at #Elasmo25 : Starry smoothhound Sharks exhibit differences in habitat use between sexes. Next steps: use an ultrasound to determine if the females are pregnant, and using estuaries to give birth.
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Ahmad Widyatmoko at #Elasmo25: The Dutch delta is a possible nursery area for common stingrays, but where they go in winter was unknown. Tagged animals traveled 500 kilometers to UK waters/ the English Channel.
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Compagno 1984. Sharks of the World. FAO (sorry, from memory at a bus stop). And lots of Nick Dulvy and Enric Sala 2009.
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New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions, writes researcher Anna Nisi for @us.theconversation.com, via @AlaskaBeacon.com:
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Infographic highlighting solutions
Infographic highlighting solutions
The report also summarizes conservation policy solutions, including policy successes since the last report's release in 2005.
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Infographic highlighting the threatened status of sharks and their relatives
Here are the latest and most up-to date figures on how many species of sharks and their relatives are threatened. These animals are some of the most threatened vertebrate animals in the world.
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Infographic highlighting threats to sharks and their relatives
Infographic highlighting threats to sharks and their relatives
The report also highlights other conservation threats to sharks and their relatives, including some you may have heard of and many emerging threats around the world, including the trade in shark and ray skin for shoes, bags, wallets, and snack foods.
02.12.2024 11:41 — 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
Infographic showing that the shark meat trade is larger than the shark fin trade
Infographic showing the top shark fishing nations
While most people who think about shark conservation think primarily about the global trade in shark fins, the global trade in shark meat is larger in volume and value, impacting different species and involving different markets.
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Infographic about the report
The breadth of research topics has expanded, mirroring the inclusion of a greater diversity of species, and attention is being trained on the emerging threats and the accelerating global changes to aquatic ecosystems.
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Infographic with overall stats about the report
This report represents the most up-to-date information from more than 158 countries and territories, and is the work of a team of 353 international scientific and conservation experts. In the 20 years since the first status report (2005), much has changed for sharks, rays and chimaeras.
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Cover of the new "global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras" report
BREAKING: The IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group has released a new report on the global conservation status of sharks and their relatives.
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