A landmark new paper released today shows that 1/4 of the world's chondrichthyan fishers are threatened with extinction.
The paper is available here: (open access) http://elife.elifesciences.org/content/3/e00590 Official press release: http://www.iucn.org/?14311 Video abstract: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z-JfpDmLdw Media resources, including lots of photos of threatened species: http://www.dulvy.com/iucn-media-resources.html Infographic: https://cmsdata.iucn.org/custom/image-viewer/launch.cfm?img_id=34683 Blog post: http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=16365 -- *David Shiffman* *Ph.D. Student, Research Assistant,* Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy <http://www.cesp.miami.edu/> R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program <http://rjd.miami.edu/> [image: RJD] *e: *[email protected] | *p: *412.915.2309 *a: *4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, Florida, 33149 *t: *@WhySharksMatter <http://twitter.com/#!/WhySharksMatter> | *b: *Southern Fried Science Blog <http://www.southernfriedscience.com/>
