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Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) [Draft]

The IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group has developed an expert-driven innovative approach to ensure that discrete portions of habitats, critical to shark species – Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) – are delineated and used in various place-based conservation and management initiatives across global waters. Recent innovations and developments in animal tracking, data collection, and reporting have enabled the recognition of discrete areas of the ocean that are significant for various groups of endemic or highly mobile animals

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Original title
Original abstract
Topic category
  • biological_characteristics
  • protected_areas
Sub category Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs)
Resource language English
Domain area
Owner IUCN SSC SSG-ISRA
Provider IUCN SSC SSG-ISRA
Data portal IUCN SSC SSG-ISRA
Presentation form Map (map represented in raster or vector form)
Spatial representation Vector - polygon
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      Validation level Research
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      Metadata completeness Complete
      Notes

      Additional info - MSP - Environment

      Species, habitats, ecosystems, pressures

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            WFD

              Additional info - MSP - Oceanographic and CC

              Physics, biochemistry, EOV, ECV

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                Additional info - MSP - Conservation

                Protected areas, OECM, IBA, EBSA, CCH, IMMA, ...

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                  Zonation

                  Additional info - MSP - Maritime activities

                  Aquaculture, fishing, transport, energy, ...

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                    Additional info - MSP - Coastal & Land use and planning

                    Land use, land cover, planning (strategic, coordination, operational)

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                      Additional info - MSP - Socio-economic

                      Living and non-living resources, shipping, tourism, energy, ...

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                            Additional info - MSP - Ecosystem Services

                            Provisioning, regulation & maintenance, cultural

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                              Additional info - MSP - Legal, Governance & Planning

                              Strategic, legislation, planning, administrative, enforcement

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                                  Additional info - MSP - Relevance

                                  Relevance of the dataset / resource in supporting the MSP process at different spatial scales and temporal frames

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                                  Relevance (spatial and temporal)