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Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs)

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

Data and Resources

Additional Info

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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
Coordinate reference system
    Web services
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      Derived datasets
      Successor of
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      Temporal extent
      Spatial extent
      Data accessibility
      Validation level Research
      Additional information
      Metadata completeness Complete
      Notes

      Additional info - MSP - Environment

      Species, habitats, ecosystems, pressures

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        MSFD Descriptors/Criteria
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            WFD

              Additional info - MSP - Oceanographic and CC

              Physics, biochemistry, EOV, ECV

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              Variables

                Additional info - MSP - Conservation

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

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                Types Recognised areas of protection/conservation value
                Zonation No

                Additional info - MSP - Maritime activities

                Aquaculture, fishing, transport, energy, ...

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                Activity types

                  Additional info - MSP - Coastal & Land use and planning

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

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                  Types

                    Additional info - MSP - Socio-economic

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

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                        Categories

                          Additional info - MSP - Ecosystem Services

                          Provisioning, regulation & maintenance, cultural

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                          CICES classes

                            Additional info - MSP - Legal, Governance & Planning

                            Strategic, legislation, planning, administrative, enforcement

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                              Functions
                                Who is in charge?

                                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)
                                • International - present - Medium
                                • International - future - Medium
                                • National - present - Medium
                                • National - future - Medium
                                • Sub-area - present - Medium
                                • Sub-area - future - Medium
                                • Local - present - Medium
                                • Local - future - Medium