ISRA Workshop – European Atlantic Region, 17– 21 May 2025, The Hague. скачать в хорошем качестве

ISRA Workshop – European Atlantic Region, 17– 21 May 2025, The Hague.

The ninth Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) regional expert workshop was held in hybrid mode (in person and online) in Den Haag, The Netherlands from 13–17 May 2025. The goal was to identify and delineate three-dimensional and discrete portions of habitat that are critical to the survival of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (hereafter ‘sharks’), and that have the potential to be managed for conservation. The region covered was the European Atlantic. In addition to the nine person ISRA team coordinating the meeting, the workshop was attended by 16 experts. In-person and online participants coordinated proposals submitted by 214 contributors having worked across the region. Representatives of each country proposed areas they considered critical for the survival of sharks. In many cases, experts had experience working in multiple countries across the region and/or had already been working collaboratively through the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group (SSG) network of members or various regional initiatives (e.g., Angel Shark Conservation Network [ASCN]). This scientific collaboration amongst regional and global experts resulted in the identification of 124 Important Shark and Ray Areas, five candidate ISRA, and 30 Areas of Interest. Identified ISRAs range in size from small areas of 0.19 km2 at depths of 0–5 m (Wembury Bay in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) to large areas of 1,482,885 km2 (Northeast Atlantic Corridor which spans waters of the Faroe Islands, France, Ireland, Isle of Man, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and areas beyond national jurisdiction) from 0–1,809 m. A comprehensive workshop report, along with relevant materials related to the ISRA process, criteria, and regions, can be found at www.sharkrayareas.org