Introductory Webinar | SARRI Expert Webinar Series

The second webinar from our SARRI Expert Webinar series is coming up on 25 October. The session will focus on interdisciplinary approaches for understanding and managing shark and ray fisheries and will be led by Dr. Hollie Booth (University of Oxford; Human Dimensions Working Group, IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group). Dr. Booth will present methods and findings of her PhD research, which can help to devise management strategies for reducing the mortality of endangered sharks and rays as part of a recovery plan, whilst also considering the income and well-being of coastal communities.

Preventing extinctions has been a primary aim of shark and ray conservation for decades, but the numbers don’t lie. These efforts haven’t kept pace with the threats. We all need to raise our level of ambition if we want to reverse the tragic loss of biodiversity in our ocean. More efforts are needed to actively recover depleted populations for the benefit of our ocean and people who depend on it.

Three decades of conservation efforts at a remote coral reef complex in the Philippines have paid off. Today it is one of the most important areas for sharks in the Coral Triangle and supports the highest density of whitetip reef sharks in the world.