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Rima Jabado
@elasmoproject.bsky.social
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Founder | Elasmo Project Chair | IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group Deputy Chair | IUCN Species Survival Commission Advancing science, policy, and conservation of sharks, rays, and chimaeras

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Irish Basking Shark Group @irishbaskingshark.bsky.social · Mar 26
Tá muid ag glacadh achoimrithe ó disciplín eagsula, idir gach uile rud eolaíocht, bainistíocht, cultúr. Seol bhur chuid achoimrithe chuig muid go dtí 15 Bealtaine anseo: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @iucnshark.bsky.social · Mar 7
NEW PUBLICATION ALERT: Turning the tide for sharks: Important Shark and Ray Areas

Read online as FirstView in Oryx: doi.org/10.1017/S003...

#shark #ray #chimaera #marine #conservation
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IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @iucnshark.bsky.social · Feb 28
World Seagrass Day 2025. This year's theme is "Nurturing the Oceans' Lifelines: Seagrass"

Seagrass meadows are vital components of marine ecosystems. They serve as critical habitats, supporting a diverse array of marine life, including various species of sharks and rays.
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Sophy McCully Phillips @sophyonsharks.bsky.social · Feb 21
Training day 3…complete! Full carcass and dried product ID guides by @elasmoproject.bsky.social and Debra Abercrombie distributed to those involved in stopping 🇱🇰 #CITES listed #shark and ray trade. Interested? Get your copy here 👇 @wcs.org
citessharks.org/resources
#sharkconservation #Cefas
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Sophy McCully Phillips @sophyonsharks.bsky.social · Feb 21
Training day 3 afternoon: fins, skins and gill plates! Dried product ID theory & practice by @elasmoproject.bsky.social and Blue Resources Trust in action here in 🇱🇰. 30 attendees trained in ID of #CITES listed #sharks🦈 and rays ✔️ 👏 #sharkconservation #illegalwildlifetrade #OCPP #Cefas
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Sophy McCully Phillips @sophyonsharks.bsky.social · Feb 21
Training day 3 morning: theory into practice with @elasmoproject.bsky.social and Blue Resources Trust at 4:30am in Negombo 🇱🇰- lots of mobulids and some #sharks 🦈 being ID’d by trainees
#sharkconservation #illegalwildlifetrade #OCPP #Cefas
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Sophy McCully Phillips @sophyonsharks.bsky.social · Feb 20
Training day 2 and it’s off to customs HQ here in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 with @elasmoproject.bsky.social leading ID training in #CITES listed #sharks and rays. 30 attendees from customs, coastguard & govt. agencies all put through their paces with the theory before the practical tomorrow.. #sharkconservation
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Sharks International 2026 @sharks-int.bsky.social · Jan 14
OPEN CALL for Sharks International 2026 proposals for keynote speakers, themed sessions and panels, workshops, and side events 📢 🦈
Please submit proposals via: forms.gle/9EiKJVncMoa7...
Deadline: 15th March 2025
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​Melissa Cristina Márquez (she/her/ella) @melissacmarquez.bsky.social · Dec 17
Manta And Devil Rays Face Rising Trade Threats Despite Decade Of Global Protections

A recent study from The Manta Trust calls for stricter enforcement and an uplisting to CITES Appendix I to protect these vulnerable species from overexploitation.

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Manta And Devil Rays Face Rising Trade Threats Despite Decade Of Global Protections
A recent study from The Manta Trust calls for stricter enforcement and an uplisting to CITES Appendix I to protect these vulnerable species from overexploitation.
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Luke Warwick @lukedavid301.bsky.social · Dec 11
This week in the Seychelles @thewcs.bsky.social helped organize + facilitate a workshop for multiple Government depts, researchers + NGO's. The key aim - to identify the steps needed for the Seychelles to implement its international shark+ray conservation obligations under CITES, CMS and RFMO's:
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IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @iucnshark.bsky.social · Dec 2
BREAKING: The IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group has released a new report on the global conservation status of sharks and their relatives.

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Cover of the new "global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras" report
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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · Dec 2
And most importantly, thanks to @iucnshark.bsky.social and @elasmoproject.bsky.social for making this happen almost 20 years after this was done the first time (www.iucnssg.org/uploads/5/4/...). It shows just how much work has been done on sharks and their relatives in that period.
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IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @iucnshark.bsky.social · Nov 27
The IUCN SSC SSG was established to respond to growing awareness and concern of the severe impact of fisheries on shark, ray, and chimaera populations globally. The SSG is recognized as the leading authority on the status of these species, using science to support actions for conservation.
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