Title

Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs)

License

Varied / Original

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Abstract

The IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group has developed an expert-driven innovative approach to ensure that discrete portions of habitats, critical to shark species – Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) – are delineated and used in various place-based conservation and management initiatives across global waters. Recent innovations and developments in animal tracking, data collection, and reporting have enabled the recognition of discrete areas of the ocean that are significant for various groups of endemic or highly mobile animals.

Publication Date

Dec. 6, 2023, 5:41 p.m.

Type

Vector Data

Keywords

• Tools4msp
  • MSP_Italy
• Domain Areas
  • Mediterranean Sea
• MSPdF - Conservation
  • Recognised areas of protection/conservation value

Category

Biological characteristics

Biological characteristics

Regions

Italy

Responsible

alessandro2

Group

CNR-ISMAR

Attribution

IUCN SSC SSG-ISRA

More info

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Restrictions

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Language

English

Supplemental Information

The original layers provided by WWF have been merged into a single vector including all the ISRAs which surround Italy. An extra attribute ('type') has been added for display purposes.

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