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

Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays

(2021) Nathan Pacoureau et al.   NATURE

Overfishing and habitat loss drive range contraction of iconic marine fishes to near extinction

(2021) Helen F. Yan et al.   Science Advances

Revision of the genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae) in the northern Indian Ocean, with description of a new species and a discussion on the validity of M. walkeri and M. ravidus

(2021) William T. White et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Bycatch levies could reconcile trade-offs between blue growth and biodiversity conservation

(2021) Hollie Booth et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Lost and found: rediscovery of the extinct tentacled butterfly ray Gymnura tentaculata in Iranian waters

(2021) Mohsen Rezaie-Atagholipour et al.   ORYX

An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks

(2021) Elizabeth C. Sibert et al.   SCIENCE

Tracking the rising extinction risk of sharks and rays in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

(2021) Rachel H. L. Walls et al.   Scientific Reports

Resolution of the Acroteriobatus leucospilus species complex, with a redescription of A. leucospilus (Norman, 1926) and descriptions of two new western Indian Ocean species of Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinobatidae)

(2021) Simon Weigmann et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Individual and Population Benefits of Marine Reserves for Reef Sharks

(2020) Ross G. Dwyer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Effective fisheries management instrumental in improving fish stock status

(2020) Ray Hilborn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The thin edge of the wedge: Extremely high extinction risk in wedgefishes and giant guitarfishes

(2020) Peter M. Kyne et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

When sharks are away, rays will play: effects of top predator removal in coral reef ecosystems

(2020) CS Sherman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world

(2020) Joshua E. Cinner et al.   SCIENCE

Eliminating the dark matter of data deficiency by predicting the conservation status of Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea sharks and rays

(2020) Rachel H.L. Walls et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

(2020) M. Aaron MacNeil et al.   NATURE

Spatially congruent sites of importance for global shark and ray biodiversity

(2020) Danielle H. Derrick et al.   PLoS One

A biodiversity target based on species extinctions

(2020) Mark D. A. Rounsevell et al.   SCIENCE

Assessing the impact of regulations on the use and trade of wildlife: An operational framework, with a case study on manta rays

(2020) Hollie Booth et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Mitigation of Elasmobranch Bycatch in Trawlers: A Case Study in Indian Fisheries

(2020) Trisha Gupta et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Ghosts of the deep – Biodiversity, fisheries, and extinction risk of ghost sharks

(2020) Brittany Finucci et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Bycatch mitigation of protected and threatened species in tuna purse seine and longline fisheries

(2020) Y Swimmer et al.   Endangered Species Research

Lost before found: A new species of whaler shark Carcharhinus obsolerus from the Western Central Pacific known only from historic records

(2019) William T. White et al.   PLoS One

The neglected complexities of shark fisheries, and priorities for holistic risk-based management

(2019) Hollie Booth et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Taxonomic status, biological notes, and conservation of the longhorned pygmy devil ray Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849)

(2019) Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Extinction risk and conservation of critically endangered angel sharks in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Julia M Lawson et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Examining the impact of CITES listing of sharks and rays in Southeast Asian fisheries

(2018) K Friedman et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

JABBA: Just Another Bayesian Biomass Assessment

(2018) Henning Winker et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Global priorities for conserving the evolutionary history of sharks, rays and chimaeras

(2018) R. William Stein et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Evidence for systemic age underestimation in shark and ray ageing studies

(2017) Alastair Varley Harry   FISH AND FISHERIES

Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays

(2017) Julia M. Lawson et al.   PeerJ

Global marine protected areas to prevent extinctions

(2017) Lindsay N. K. Davidson et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss

(2017) Paul G. Fernandes et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Maximum intrinsic rate of population increase in sharks, rays, and chimaeras: the importance of survival to maturity

(2016) Sebastián A. Pardo et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Estimating fisheries reference points from catch and resilience

(2016) Rainer Froese et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Distribution of skates and sharks in the North Sea: 112 years of change

(2016) Camilla Sguotti et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity

(2016) S. Weigmann   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Biodiversity: The ravages of guns, nets and bulldozers

(2016) Sean L. Maxwell et al.   NATURE

Predicting IUCN Extinction Risk Categories for the World's Data Deficient Groupers (Teleostei: Epinephelidae)

(2016) Osmar J. Luiz et al.   Conservation Letters

Catch reconstructions reveal that global marine fisheries catches are higher than reported and declining

(2016) Daniel Pauly et al.   Nature Communications

Perspectives on the intrinsic rate of population growth

(2016) Enric Cortés   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Global Patterns of Extinction Risk in Marine and Non-marine Systems

(2015) Thomas J. Webb et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Why have global shark and ray landings declined: improved management or overfishing?

(2015) Lindsay N K Davidson et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes

(2015) M. Aaron MacNeil et al.   NATURE

Defining the Anthropocene

(2015) Simon L. Lewis et al.   NATURE

Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

(2015) D. J. McCauley et al.   SCIENCE

Ghosts of the coast: global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes

(2014) Nicholas K. Dulvy et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features

(2014) Graham J. Edgar et al.   NATURE

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

(2014) Nicholas K Dulvy et al.   eLife

Status and the potential for extinction of the largetooth sawfishPristis pristisin the Atlantic Ocean

(2013) Joana Fernandez-Carvalho et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

The role of CITES in the conservation of marine fishes subject to international trade

(2013) Amanda C J Vincent et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Marine Taxa Track Local Climate Velocities

(2013) M. L. Pinsky et al.   SCIENCE

Opportunistic exploitation: an overlooked pathway to extinction

(2013) Trevor A. Branch et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Generation length for mammals

(2013) Moreno Di Marco et al.   Nature Conservation-Bulgaria

Re-Creating Missing Population Baselines for Pacific Reef Sharks

(2012) MARC O. NADON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

A review of the taxonomy of chondrichthyan fishes: a modern perspective

(2012) W. T. White et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

The ecological importance of intact top-predator populations: a synthesis of 15 years of research in a seagrass ecosystem

(2012) Michael. R. Heithaus et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Status and Solutions for the World's Unassessed Fisheries

(2012) C. Costello et al.   SCIENCE

Extinctions in ancient and modern seas

(2012) Paul G. Harnik et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Rediscovery and redescription of the smoothtooth blacktip shark, Carcharhinus leiodon (Carcharhinidae), from Kuwait, with notes on its possible conservation status

(2011) Alec B. M. Moore et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

(2011) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   NATURE

The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates

(2010) M. Hoffmann et al.   SCIENCE

Taxonomic confusion and market mislabelling of threatened skates: important consequences for their conservation status

(2009) Samuel P. Iglésias et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Historical baselines for large marine animals

(2009) Heike K. Lotze et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Quantification of Extinction Risk: IUCN's System for Classifying Threatened Species

(2008) GEORGINA M. MACE et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

A Standard Lexicon for Biodiversity Conservation: Unified Classifications of Threats and Actions

(2008) NICK SALAFSKY et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY