Fishing for oil and meat drives irreversible defaunation of deepwater sharks and rays
| Title: | Fishing for oil and meat drives irreversible defaunation of deepwater sharks and rays |
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| Authors: | Brittany Finucci; Nathan Pacoureau; Cassandra L Rigby; Jay H Matsushiba; Nina Faure-Beaulieu; Samantha Sherman; Wade J VanderWright; Rima W Jabado; Patricia Charvet; Paola A Mejía-Falla; Andrés F Navia; Danielle H Derrick; Peter M Kyne; Riley A Pollom; Rachel HL Walls; Katelyn B Herman; Bineesh Kinattumkara; Charles F Cotton; Juan-Martín Cuevas; Ross K Daley; Dharmadi; David A Ebert; Daniel Fernando; Stela MC Fernando; Malcolm P Francis; Charlie Huveneers; Hajime Ishihara; David W Kulka; Robin W Leslie; Francis Neat; Alexei M Orlov; Getulio Rincon; Glenn J Sant; Igor V Volvenko; Terence I Walker; Colin A Simpfendorfer; Nicholas K Dulvy |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Subject Terms: | Environmental sciences; Environmental management; Law and legal studies; International and comparative law; Animals; Biodiversity; Conservation of Natural Resources; Extinction; Biological; Fish Oils; Humans; Hunting; Internationality; Meat; Oceans and Seas; Risk; Sharks; Skates; Fish |
| Description: | The deep ocean is the last natural biodiversity refuge from the reach of human activities. Deepwater sharks and rays are among the most sensitive marine vertebrates to overexploitation. One-third of threatened deepwater sharks are targeted, and half the species targeted for the international liver-oil trade are threatened with extinction. Steep population declines cannot be easily reversed owing to long generation lengths, low recovery potentials, and the near absence of management. Depth and spatial limits to fishing activity could improve conservation when implemented alongside catch regulations, bycatch mitigation, and international trade regulation. Deepwater sharks and rays require immediate trade and fishing regulations to prevent irreversible defaunation and promote recovery of this threatened megafauna group. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | unknown |
| Relation: | http://hdl.handle.net/10779/DRO/DU:25478122.v2; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Fishing_for_oil_and_meat_drives_irreversible_defaunation_of_deepwater_sharks_and_rays/25478122 |
| Availability: | http://hdl.handle.net/10779/DRO/DU:25478122.v2; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Fishing_for_oil_and_meat_drives_irreversible_defaunation_of_deepwater_sharks_and_rays/25478122 |
| Rights: | All Rights Reserved |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.EC35C4A6 |
| Database: | BASE |