OTHER VULNERABLE SHARK SPECIES
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According to the UICN (the world Conservation Union, is one of the world's oldest international conservation organisations. It was established in Fontainebleau, France on October 5, 1948 as the "International Union for the Protection of Nature" or IUPN. Today it is a union of governments, government agencies, and non-governmental organisations working at the field and policy levels, together with scientists and experts, to protect nature) seventeen elasmobranch species are listed as endangered and vulnerable:
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus)
Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)
Sandtiger Shark (Carcharias taurus)
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Porbeagle Shark (Lamna nasus)
Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
Ganges Shark (Glyphis gangeticus)
Kitefin Shark (Dalatias licha)
Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)
Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata)
Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis perotteti)
Common Sawfish (Pristis pristis)
Deepsea Skate (Bathyraja abyssicola)
Giant Freshwater Stingray Himantura chaophraya)
To find out what criteria is used in determining the status of these species and what protection categories exist, visit the IUCN site at www.wcmc.org.uk