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Shark futures: A report card for Australia's sharks and rays
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posted on 2024-06-03, 00:38 authored by Colin Simpfendorfer, Andrew Chin, Cassandra Rigby, Samantha ShermanSamantha Sherman, William WhiteShark futures: A report card for Australia's sharks and rays
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1-49ISBN-13
9780995447127Language
engResearch statement
Background In response to increasing concerns for the status of shark and ray populations world-wide and increasing pressure to ensure Australia’s shark and ray species are effectively managed and conserved, this project synthesised the scattered information, assessed individual species’ status and provided a clear and concise overview of the state of Australia’s shark and rays. Project staff from the Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture collected available data from peer-reviewed literature, government reports, observer programs and fellow scientists to produce comprehensive databases on species and management measures with input from CSIRO. Contribution The status of all the individual sharks and shark-like rays was assessed through consideration of existing status assessments, the other available information on the species’ and assessment against a set of standardised criteria. To facilitate this process, a workshop was held to bring together experts in the field and to apply the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria which provided the basis for assessing species status under the new Common Assessment Method being used by the Commonwealth and most State governments. To indicate the sustainability of the species in Australian fisheries, Red List status for each species or stock was translated to SAFS report Significance The major implication of the project is that Australia is effectively managing its sharks and shark-like rays as the majority are considered sustainable. It highlighted the species of concern that are either still in decline or overfished, and species for which management needs to be introduced to ensure stocks do not become overfished. Managers and decision makers can use the project outputs to develop fishery and bycatch management plans, ESD assessments, identify future research priorities and to inform international treaty processes such as CITES, CMS and Shark-Plan 2.Publication classification
A6.1 Research report/technical paperPublisher
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[Canberra, A.C.T.]Usage metrics
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