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SUBMITTER: Clark-Shen N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087767 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clark-Shen Naomi N Chin Andrew A Arunrugstichai Sirachai S Labaja Jessica J Mizrahi Meira M Simeon Benaya B Hutchinson Neil N
Conservation biology. 20220727 1
In Southeast Asia, elasmobranchs are particularly threatened. We synthesized knowledge from the peer-reviewed and gray literature on elasmobranchs in the region, including their fisheries, status, trade, biology, and management. We found that 59% of assessed species are threatened with extinction and 72.5% are in decline; rays were more threatened than sharks. Research and conservation is complicated by the socioeconomic contexts of the countries, geopolitical issues in the South China Sea, and ...[more]