Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation

More than a third of all elasmobranch (shark and ray) species are at risk of extinction due to overfishing. Indonesia is both a hotspot of elasmobranch biodiversity and one of the leading shark and ray exporters in the world, putting already critically endangered species such as hammerhead sharks and wedgefish under great pressure. Reducing that … Continue reading Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation