High overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks
Abstract Most of the international trade in fins (and likely meat too) is derived from requiem sharks (family Carcharhinidae), yet trade in only two of the 56 species is currently regulated. Here, we quantify catch, trade, and the shortfall in national and regional fisheries management (M‐Risk) for...
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| author | C. Samantha Sherman Eric D. Digel Patrick Zubick Jonathan Eged Alifa B. Haque Jay H. Matsushiba Colin A. Simpfendorfer Glenn Sant Nicholas K. Dulvy |
| author_facet | C. Samantha Sherman Eric D. Digel Patrick Zubick Jonathan Eged Alifa B. Haque Jay H. Matsushiba Colin A. Simpfendorfer Glenn Sant Nicholas K. Dulvy |
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| description | Abstract Most of the international trade in fins (and likely meat too) is derived from requiem sharks (family Carcharhinidae), yet trade in only two of the 56 species is currently regulated. Here, we quantify catch, trade, and the shortfall in national and regional fisheries management (M‐Risk) for all 56 requiem shark species based on 831 assessments across 30 countries and four Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs). Requiem sharks comprise over half (60%) of the annual reported global Chondrichthyan catch with most species (86%) identified in the international fin trade. Requiem sharks are inadequately managed by fisheries, with an average M‐Risk of half (50%) of an ideal score, consequently 70% of species are threatened globally. The high catch and trade volume and shortfall in management of these iconic species require worldwide fisheries management for sustainable catch, supported by full implementation of CITES regulations for international trade of this newly listed family. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcf81c2adfa9461f9730745867bca29f2023-04-27T14:50:58ZengWileyConservation Letters1755-263X2023-03-01162n/an/a10.1111/conl.12940High overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharksC. Samantha Sherman0Eric D. Digel1Patrick Zubick2Jonathan Eged3Alifa B. Haque4Jay H. Matsushiba5Colin A. Simpfendorfer6Glenn Sant7Nicholas K. Dulvy8Earth to Oceans Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia CanadaEarth to Oceans Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia CanadaEarth to Oceans Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia CanadaEarth to Oceans Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia CanadaNature‐Based Solutions Initiative, Department of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford UKEarth to Oceans Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia CanadaInstitute of Marine and Antarctic Studies University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania AustraliaTRAFFIC International Cambridge UKEarth to Oceans Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia CanadaAbstract Most of the international trade in fins (and likely meat too) is derived from requiem sharks (family Carcharhinidae), yet trade in only two of the 56 species is currently regulated. Here, we quantify catch, trade, and the shortfall in national and regional fisheries management (M‐Risk) for all 56 requiem shark species based on 831 assessments across 30 countries and four Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs). Requiem sharks comprise over half (60%) of the annual reported global Chondrichthyan catch with most species (86%) identified in the international fin trade. Requiem sharks are inadequately managed by fisheries, with an average M‐Risk of half (50%) of an ideal score, consequently 70% of species are threatened globally. The high catch and trade volume and shortfall in management of these iconic species require worldwide fisheries management for sustainable catch, supported by full implementation of CITES regulations for international trade of this newly listed family.https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12940carcharhinidaeCITESfisheries managementinternational policyinternational tradeshark conservation |
| spellingShingle | C. Samantha Sherman Eric D. Digel Patrick Zubick Jonathan Eged Alifa B. Haque Jay H. Matsushiba Colin A. Simpfendorfer Glenn Sant Nicholas K. Dulvy High overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks Conservation Letters carcharhinidae CITES fisheries management international policy international trade shark conservation |
| title | High overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks |
| title_full | High overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks |
| title_fullStr | High overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks |
| title_full_unstemmed | High overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks |
| title_short | High overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks |
| title_sort | high overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks |
| topic | carcharhinidae CITES fisheries management international policy international trade shark conservation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12940 |
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