Posts tagged reef shark
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A decade of LAMAVE research shapes IUCN Important Shark and Ray Areas in the Philippines

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Ten years of research by the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) has supported the delineation of six of the eleven “Important Shark and Ray Areas” (ISRA) identified in the Philippines as part of global efforts to map out critical habitats for sharks, rays, and chimaeras around the world. 

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First-of-its-kind Global Survey Reveals Sharks are depleted in the Philippines

Overall results indicate sharks are functionally extinct on many of the world’s reefs but hope remains if key conservation measures are employed.

Philippines, July 22, 2020 – A new landmark study published today in Nature by Global FinPrint reveals sharks are virtually absent on many of the world’s coral reefs, indicating they are too rare to fulfil their normal role in the ecosystem, otherwise referred to as “functionally extinct.”

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