Cartilaginous fish [sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- A first Red List of cartilaginous fish (sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras), showing risk of extinction, is presented for Irish waters -- Of the cartilaginous fish occurring in Irish waters, 58 were assessed using the latest IUCN categories. -- Of these, 6 were assessed as Criti...
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fttrinitycoll:oai:tara.tcd.ie:2262/79204 2023-05-15T15:53:52+02:00 Cartilaginous fish [sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras] Clarke, Maurice Farrell, Edward D. Roche, William Murray, Tom?s E. Foster, Stephen Marnell, Ferdia Nelson, B. 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/79204 en eng National Parks and Wildlife Service IE 2016 No.11 Ireland red list International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Red List Programme Maurice Clarke, Edward D. Farrell, William Roche, Tom?s E. Murray, Stephen Foster, Ferdia Marnell, B. Nelson, 'Cartilaginous fish [sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras]', [report], National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2016, Ireland red list, No.11, 2016 20092016 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/79204 Y openAccess Conservation assessment Irish species Cartilaginous fish Sharks Skates Rays Chimaeras report edepositireland 2016 fttrinitycoll 2020-02-16T13:56:33Z EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- A first Red List of cartilaginous fish (sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras), showing risk of extinction, is presented for Irish waters -- Of the cartilaginous fish occurring in Irish waters, 58 were assessed using the latest IUCN categories. -- Of these, 6 were assessed as Critically Endangered: Portuguese dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis; common (blue) skate Dipturus batis (= flossada); flapper skate Dipturus intermedia; porbeagle shark Lamna nasus; white skate Rostroraja alba and angel shark Squatina squatina. -- A further 5 species were assessed as Endangered: leafscale gulper shark Centrophorus squamosus; basking shark Cetorhinus maximus; common stingray Dasyatis pastinaca; undulate skate Raja undulata and spurdog Squalus acanthias. -- An additional 6 species were assessed to be Vulnerable: longnose velvet dogfish Centroselachus crepidater; kitefin shark Dalatias licha; tope Galeorhinus galeus; shagreen ray Leucoraja fullonica; longnose skate Dipturus oxyrinchus and cuckoo ray Leucoraja naevus. -- Of the remaining species, 19 were assessed as Near Threatened and 22 species as Least Concern. The main anthropogenic impacts on threatened species are over-exploitation by commercial fisheries and habitat destruction and disturbance. -- There are no longer any directed fisheries for any threatened cartilaginous fishin Irish waters. However threatened species are taken as by-catch in several fisheries, involving both Irish and non-Irish vessels. Similarly, endangered and threatened species that straddle Irish and non-Irish waters are caught by fleets further afield. Report Cetorhinus maximus Dipturus batis Lamna nasus Leucoraja fullonica Porbeagle Squalus acanthias The University of Dublin, Trinity College: TARA (Trinity's Access to Research Archive) |
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- A first Red List of cartilaginous fish (sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras), showing risk of extinction, is presented for Irish waters -- Of the cartilaginous fish occurring in Irish waters, 58 were assessed using the latest IUCN categories. -- Of these, 6 were assessed as Critically Endangered: Portuguese dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis; common (blue) skate Dipturus batis (= flossada); flapper skate Dipturus intermedia; porbeagle shark Lamna nasus; white skate Rostroraja alba and angel shark Squatina squatina. -- A further 5 species were assessed as Endangered: leafscale gulper shark Centrophorus squamosus; basking shark Cetorhinus maximus; common stingray Dasyatis pastinaca; undulate skate Raja undulata and spurdog Squalus acanthias. -- An additional 6 species were assessed to be Vulnerable: longnose velvet dogfish Centroselachus crepidater; kitefin shark Dalatias licha; tope Galeorhinus galeus; shagreen ray Leucoraja fullonica; longnose skate Dipturus oxyrinchus and cuckoo ray Leucoraja naevus. -- Of the remaining species, 19 were assessed as Near Threatened and 22 species as Least Concern. The main anthropogenic impacts on threatened species are over-exploitation by commercial fisheries and habitat destruction and disturbance. -- There are no longer any directed fisheries for any threatened cartilaginous fishin Irish waters. However threatened species are taken as by-catch in several fisheries, involving both Irish and non-Irish vessels. Similarly, endangered and threatened species that straddle Irish and non-Irish waters are caught by fleets further afield. |
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Cartilaginous fish [sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras] |
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Cartilaginous fish [sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras] |
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Cartilaginous fish [sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras] |
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Cetorhinus maximus Dipturus batis Lamna nasus Leucoraja fullonica Porbeagle Squalus acanthias |
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Cetorhinus maximus Dipturus batis Lamna nasus Leucoraja fullonica Porbeagle Squalus acanthias |
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2016 No.11 Ireland red list International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Red List Programme Maurice Clarke, Edward D. Farrell, William Roche, Tom?s E. Murray, Stephen Foster, Ferdia Marnell, B. Nelson, 'Cartilaginous fish [sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras]', [report], National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2016, Ireland red list, No.11, 2016 20092016 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/79204 |
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