Status of Southeast Asia's marine sharks and rays
Clark-Shen, Naomi, Chin, Andrew, Arunrugstichai, Sirachai, Labaja, Jessica, Mizrahi, Meira, Simeon, Benaya, and Hutchinson, Neil (2023) Status of Southeast Asia's marine sharks and rays. Conservation Biology, 37 (1). e13962.
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Abstract
In Southeast Asia elasmobranchs are particularly threatened. We synthesized knowledge from the peer-reviewed and gray literature on elasmobranchs in the region, including their fisheries, status, trade, biology, and management. Our assessment included x species of sharkes and y species of rays. We found that 59% of assessed species are threatened with extinction and 72.5% are in decline; rays were more threatened than sharks. Research and conservation is complicated by the socioeconomic contexts of the countries, geopolitical issues in the South China Sea, and the overcapacity and multispecies nature of fisheries that incidentally capture elasmobranchs. The general paucity of data, funds, personnel, and enforcement hinders management. Reduced capacity in the general fishery sector and marine protected areas of sufficient size (for elasmobranchs and local enforcement capabilities) are among recommendations to strengthen conservation.
| Item ID: | 74391 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1523-1739 |
| Keywords: | elasmobranch, fishery, South China Sea, bycatch, trade |
| Copyright Information: | © 2022 The Society for Conservation Biology. This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13962 |
| Additional Information: | Article impact statement: Sharks and rays in Southeast Asia are understudied and overfished, and their management is socioeconomically and geopolitically challenging. |
| Funders: | James Cook University (JCU) |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2022 00:41 |
| FoR Codes: | 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410401 Conservation and biodiversity @ 50% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310305 Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 10 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 1003 Fisheries - wild caught > 100399 Fisheries - wild caught not elsewhere classified @ 34% 18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1805 Marine systems and management > 180507 Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments @ 33% 19 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS > 1902 Environmental policy, legislation and standards > 190210 Trade and environment @ 33% |
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