Fisheries
Study: Effective fisheries management reduces extinction risk of sharks and rays
The extinction risk of sharks and rays can be significantly reduced with effective fisheries management and policies, says a Virginia Tech study.
Fisheries
Study: Overfishing has halved shark and ray populations since 1970
Overfishing, bycatch, habitat loss and climate change have caused a 50 percent decline in shark and ray populations since 1970, study finds.
Fisheries
Bangladesh moves to protect threatened sharks and rays
With sharks and rays critically endangered, the government of Bangladesh has amended legislation to reduce the extinction risk of the species.