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Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays

Dulvy, N. K., S. L. Fowler, J. A. Musick, R. D. Cavanagh, P. M. Kyne, L. R. Harrison, J. K. Carlson, L. N. K. Davisdson, S. Fordham, M. P. Francis, C. M. Pollock, C. A. Simpfendorfer, G. H. Burgess, K. E. Carpenter, L. V. J. Compagno, D. A. Ebert, C. Gibson, M. R. Heupel, S. R. Livingstone, J. C. Sanciangco, J. D. Stevens, S. Valenti, and W. T. White. Under Consideration.
Extinction risk and conservation of the world's sharks and rays.

eLIFE:
eLife 2014;3:e00590
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00590.001


Media resources

The IUCN press release

The release on PRnewswire

A 3-minute video summarizing the main findings

An infographic summarising our findings

Factsheets


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In the media

Watch and listen
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/22/264579513/ancient-and-vulnerable-25-percent-of-sharks-and-rays-risk-extinction
Sonja Fordham IUCN SSG Deputy Chair on NPR

http://globalnews.ca/news/1101478/quarter-of-the-worlds-sharks-rays-face-extinction-due-to-fin-soup-study/

Nick Dulvy on Global News

http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2014/01/sharks_and_rays_extinct_1_in_4_could_threatened_by_shark_fin_soup_and_other_1.html

Lost at Sea
Nick Dulvy interview with the Naked Scientist
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/1000590/



Global

A quarter of shark and ray species are in trouble
Daniel Cressey, Nature News

Nature | Seven days: 17–23 January 2014

One-Quarter of Sharks and Rays at Risk of Extinction
Denise Chow, Live Science

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140122202304.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fmarine_biology+%28Marine+Biology+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


USA & Canada
30 Percent of Sharks, Rays and Related Species at Risk of Extinction
John R. Platt Scientific American

New Study: 1 in 4 Sharks and Rays Threatened With Extinction
Angie McPherson, National Geographic

http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2014/01/22/sharks-and-rays-extinction-of-some-species-is-possible/

http://www.thecanadiandaily.ca/2014/01/21/study-says-sharksrays-globally-overfished/

http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/r14/Science/2014/0123/A-quarter-of-the-world-s-sharks-and-rays-now-threatened-with-extinction-say-scientists


http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140123/quarter-worlds-sharks-and-rays-now-threatened-extinction-say-scientists#.UuHDYJC_rPw.twitter

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-21/extinction-threatens-1-4-of-sharks-and-rays-on-red-list.html
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/22/264579513/ancient-and-vulnerable-25-percent-of-sharks-and-rays-risk-extinction

http://www.weather.com/news/science/nature/sharks-rays-extinction-risk-20140122

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/deadliest-catch-overfishing-pushes-quarter-sharks-rays-extinction-2D11968034

http://natmonitor.com/2014/01/21/new-report-says-a-quarter-of-shark-and-ray-species-face-extinction/

http://www.hngn.com/articles/22556/20140121/one-quarter-of-sharks-and-rays-could-be-gone-within-decades.htm

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/01/21/one-quarter-sharks-and-rays-at-risk-extinction/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fscitech+%28Internal+-+SciTech+-+Mixed%29

http://phys.org/news/2014-01-sharksrays-globally-overfished.html

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-21/extinction-threatens-quarter-of-sharks-and-rays-on-red-list

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/one-four-shark-ray-species-brink-extinction-1433294


http://esciencenews.com/sources/live.science/2014/01/21/one.quarter.sharks.and.rays.risk.extinction

http://www.burnabynow.com/news/food-choices-linked-to-declining-shark-populations-1.799379


http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/01/23/study.says.sharksrays.globally.overfished


http://www.fish2fork.com/en/news-index/2014/Overfishing-blamed-for-steep-decline-of-sharks-and-rays.aspx


http://www.universityherald.com/articles/7021/20140123/shark-and-ray-conservation-efforts-on-the-rise-as-one-quarter-global-population-close-to-extinction.htm


http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2014/01/26/study-about-24-of-sharks-rays-face-extinction-threat.html


http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-12299-study-finds-one-in-f.html


http://www.defendersblog.org/2014/01/25-shark-ray-species-threatened-extinction/

http://inagist.com/all/425751654152273920/


http://blogs.dickinson.edu/writingsciencenewssp14/2014/01/30/rays-and-sharks-futures-look-dark/


http://www.xray-mag.com/content/one-quarter-sharks-and-rays-face-extinction


http://www.sportdiver.com/article/padi-news/rays-danger?src=SOC&dom=tw


http://natmonitor.com/2014/01/23/conservationists-scramble-to-halt-extinction-of-sharks-rays/

http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0228-devitt-shark-bake.html

http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/sharks-and-rays-big-trouble-1-4-cartilaginous-fish-facing-extinction-near-future.html

http://rjd.miami.edu/conservation/comprehensive-review-of-iucn-shark-and-ray-extinction-risk-factors-increasing-risk-under-management-of-fisheries-and-shortcomings-in-current-conservation-activities

UK
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/nov/10/conservation-fishing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1084572/Quarter-Atlantic-sharks-rays-face-extinction-overfishing-say-scientists.html

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5727/20140121/iucn-group-25-sharks-rays-threatened-extinction.htm

France
http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1421640-action-needed-conserve-sharks-and-rays


Italy
http://www.ansa.it/mare/notizie/rubriche/ambienteepesca/2014/01/23/Oltre-70-specie-squali-rischio-colpa-pesca-_9950350.html

http://www.greenreport.it/news/aree-protette-e-biodiversita/squali-estinzione/


Croatia

http://dalje.com/en-world/study--overfishing-threatens-a-quarter-of-the-worlds-sharks-and-rays/496970

Portugal / Spain
http://www.publico.pt/ecosfera/noticia/um-quarto-dos-tubaroes-raias-e-quimeras-esta-ameacado-de-extincao-1620677


http://www.europapress.es/asturianu/noticia-cuartu-tiburones-les-rayes-mundu-tan-amenazaes-destincion-uicn-20140121162212.html


Australia & New Zealand

Seafood guide says five of top 11 species 'unsustainably managed' The Guardian UK

Comment: Scientists focusing on the wrong sharks in the wrong places
http://theconversation.com/sharks-and-rays-threatened-worldwide-overfishing-to-blame-22186

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1401/S00269/a-quarter-of-sharks-and-rays-threatened-with-extinction.htm

http://www.nerpmarine.edu.au/news/sharks-global-vision-local-action


Indonesia
One quarter of sharks and rays threatened with extinction
Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0122-lbell-endangered-sharks-and-rays.html#xX6EXTTUqyrfcVGU.99

India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/pollution/25-of-sharks-and-rays-at-high-risk-of-extinction/articleshow/29199063.cms

Iran
http://tehrantimes.com/science/113630-deadliest-catch-overfishing-pushes-quarter-of-sharks-rays-to-extinction





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