The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 12: November 1998
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Atlantic Skates Under Threat of Extinction
The North Sea and Mediterranean are not the only areas within which
larger skates may be under threat of extinction as a result of mortality
through utilised or discarded bycatch in multi-species fisheries.
Casey and Myers (1998) report on the retreat of the barndoor skate
Raja laevis to the southern edge of its range in the Northwest Atlantic,
and Dulvy and Reynolds (in prep.) suggest that several Northeast
Atlantic endemics may be similarly under threat.
References
Casey, J. and R. Myers. 1998. Near Extinction of a Large, Widely Distributed Fish. Science 281: 690-692.
Dulvy, N.K. and J.D. Reynolds. In Preparation. How Many More Skates Face Extinction?
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