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MacNeil, M. AaronChapman, Demian D.
Heupel, Michelle
Simpfendorfer, Colin A.
Heithaus, Michael
Meekan, Mark
Harvey, Euan
Goetze, Jordan
Kiszka, Jeremy
Bond, Mark E.
Currey-Randall, Leanne M.
Speed, Conrad W.
Sherman, C. Samantha
Rees, Matthew J.
Udyawer, Vinay
Flowers, Kathryn I.
Clementi, Gina
Valentin-Albanese, Jasmine
Gorham, Taylor
Adam, M. Shiham
Ali, Khadeeja
Pina-Amargós, Fabián
Angulo-Valdés, Jorge A.
Asher, Jacob
Barcia, Laura García
Beaufort, Océane
Benjamin, Cecilie
Bernard, Anthony T. F.
Berumen, Michael L.

Bierwagen, Stacy
Bonnema, Erika
Bown, Rosalind M. K.
Bradley, Darcey
Brooks, Edd
Brown, J. Jed
Buddo, Dayne
Burke, Patrick
Cáceres, Camila
Cardeñosa, Diego
Carrier, Jeffrey C.
Caselle, Jennifer E.
Charloo, Venkatesh
Claverie, Thomas
Clua, Eric
Cochran, Jesse
Cook, Neil
Cramp, Jessica
D’Alberto, Brooke
de Graaf, Martin
Dornhege, Mareike
Estep, Andy
Fanovich, Lanya
Farabough, Naomi F.
Fernando, Daniel
Flam, Anna L.
Floros, Camilla
Fourqurean, Virginia
Garla, Ricardo
Gastrich, Kirk
George, Lachlan
Graham, Rory
Guttridge, Tristan
Hardenstine, Royale

Heck, Stephen
Henderson, Aaron C.
Hertler, Heidi
Hueter, Robert
Johnson, Mohini
Jupiter, Stacy
Kasana, Devanshi
Kessel, Steven T.
Kiilu, Benedict
Kirata, Taratu
Kuguru, Baraka
Kyne, Fabian
Langlois, Tim
Lédée, Elodie J. I.
Lindfield, Steve
Luna-Acosta, Andrea
Maggs, Jade
Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. Mabel
Marshall, Andrea
Matich, Philip
McCombs, Erin
McLean, Dianne
Meggs, Llewelyn
Moore, Stephen
Mukherji, Sushmita
Murray, Ryan
Kaimuddin, Muslimin
Newman, Stephen J.
Nogués, Josep
Obota, Clay
O’Shea, Owen
Osuka, Kennedy
Papastamatiou, Yannis P.
Perera, Nishan
Peterson, Bradley
Ponzo, Alessandro
Prasetyo, Andhika
Quamar, L. M. Sjamsul
Quinlan, Jessica
Ruiz-Abierno, Alexei
Sala, Enric
Samoilys, Melita
Schärer-Umpierre, Michelle
Schlaff, Audrey
Simpson, Nikola
Smith, Adam N. H.
Sparks, Lauren
Tanna, Akshay
Torres, Rubén
Travers, Michael J.
van Zinnicq Bergmann, Maurits
Vigliola, Laurent
Ward, Juney
Watts, Alexandra M.
Wen, Colin
Whitman, Elizabeth
Wirsing, Aaron J.
Wothke, Aljoscha
Zarza-Gonzâlez, Esteban
Cinner, Joshua E.
KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionEntrepreneurship & Venture
Entrepreneurship Center
Marine Science
Marine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Reef Ecology Lab
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2020-07-22Online Publication Date
2020-07-22Print Publication Date
2020-07-30Embargo End Date
2021-01-22Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/664495
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Decades of overexploitation have devastated shark populations, leaving considerable doubt as to their ecological status1,2. Yet much of what is known about sharks has been inferred from catch records in industrial fisheries, whereas far less information is available about sharks that live in coastal habitats3. Here we address this knowledge gap using data from more than 15,000 standardized baited remote underwater video stations that were deployed on 371 reefs in 58 nations to estimate the conservation status of reef sharks globally. Our results reveal the profound impact that fishing has had on reef shark populations: we observed no sharks on almost 20% of the surveyed reefs. Reef sharks were almost completely absent from reefs in several nations, and shark depletion was strongly related to socio-economic conditions such as the size and proximity of the nearest market, poor governance and the density of the human population. However, opportunities for the conservation of reef sharks remain: shark sanctuaries, closed areas, catch limits and an absence of gillnets and longlines were associated with a substantially higher relative abundance of reef sharks. These results reveal several policy pathways for the restoration and management of reef shark populations, from direct top-down management of fishing to indirect improvement of governance conditions. Reef shark populations will only have a high chance of recovery by engaging key socio-economic aspects of tropical fisheries.Citation
MacNeil, M. A., Chapman, D. D., Heupel, M., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Heithaus, M., Meekan, M., … Bond, M. E. (2020). Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2519-ySponsors
Core funding for Global FinPrint was provided by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation (to D. Chapman and M. Heithaus). M.A.M. was supported by the NSERC Canada Research Chairs Program. We thank our individual funders, whose contributions greatly enhanced the sampling coverage of the projects; all of the government permitting agencies that allowed us to work in their waters; the Global FinPrint volunteers from Stony Brook University, Florida International University, James Cook University, the Aquarium of the Pacific and Shedd Aquarium who watched the BRUVS footage; N. A. J. Graham, N. J. Barrowman and J. Zamborian-Mason for helpful comments on drafts of our manuscript and R. Steele for assistance with manuscript preparation.This is contribution #205 from the Coastlines and Oceans Division of the Institute of Environment at Florida International University.Publisher
Springer NatureJournal
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32699418Additional Links
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2519-yRelations
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