Nouvelle étude #GlobalSharkTrends publiée dans @ScienceMagazine révèle que la #surpêche a réduit de 50% les populations de requins et de raies en 50 ans, causant une érosion des fonctions écologiques et un risque d'extinction élevé. Article : bit.ly/GlobalSharkT... 🧵1/21

Thrilled to finally see this work published! It was a lot of hard work, but made so much easier and enjoyable with an amazing team of authors. Grateful for the collaboration and proud of what we've achieved together! Check out the article!

While most people who think about shark conservation think primarily about the global trade in shark fins, the global trade in shark meat is larger in volume and value, impacting different species and involving different markets.

Here are the latest and most up-to date figures on how many species of sharks and their relatives are threatened. These animals are some of the most threatened vertebrate animals in the world.

Check out this huge work on "The global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras" from 350+ scientifics and experts, released by the IUCN Shark Specialist Group. portals.iucn.org/library/node... These species are some of the most threatened vertebrate animals in the world, mostly due to overfishing!!