Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays

Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays

Background International trade for luxury products, medicines, and tonics poses a threat to both terrestrial and marine wildlife. The demand for and consumption of gill plates (known as Peng Yu Sai, “Fish Gill of Mobulid Ray”) from devil and manta rays (subfamily Mobulinae, collectively referred to...

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Main Authors: Julia M. Lawson, Sonja V. Fordham, Mary P. O’Malley, Lindsay N.K. Davidson, Rachel H.L. Walls, Michelle R. Heupel, Guy Stevens, Daniel Fernando, Ania Budziak, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Isabel Ender, Malcolm P. Francis, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Nicholas K. Dulvy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-03-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Elasmobranch
Conservation planning
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
Extinction risk
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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