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The golden smooth trunkfish is not a distinct species but a different color variation of the smooth trunkfish that inhabits throughout the rest of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, including Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Scientists have not yet discovered the reason for the color differences in the Flower Garden Banks and Honduran ...
In a milestone decision in 2013, CITES prohibited international trade in the fins of the scalloped hammerhead (pictured) and four other shark species. [5] Shark species are increasingly becoming threatened because of commercial and recreational fishing pressures, the impact of non-shark fisheries on the seabed and shark prey species, and other ...
The ISRA criteria take into account the complex biological and ecological needs of sharks. There are four criteria and seven sub-criteria. Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) are discrete three-dimensional portions of habitat that are important for one or more species of chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and chimaeras) and have the potential to be managed for conservation. [1]
Bringing back the sawfish. Florida adopted protections in 1992 and the U.S. population of sawfish was the nation’s first native marine fish listed under the Endangered Species Act in 2003. By ...
The scalloped hammerhead was the first shark species to be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. [25] As of 2019, the scalloped hammerhead has been categorized as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. [26] The IUCN cites overfishing as the main cause for the drop in population numbers. [26]
A lead that scientists are following is the presence of elevated levels of a harmful algae known as gambierdiscus found in parts of the ocean and Gulf of Mexico, where fish have been discovered ...
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The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, [3] is a small member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae.It is an abundant species in the littoral zone of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, is the only shark species known to display sexual dimorphism in the morphology of the head, and is the only shark species known to be ...