Endangered Species

Many species have faced an alarming declines in number and biomass — becoming endangered — due to a multitude of threats, including overfishing, habitat destruction, and climate change. These stem from a lack of data, misinformation, disinformation, and effective lobbying against science-based decision making. Recovering these species is crucial as they play pivotal roles in maintaining the delicate balance of marine ecosystems. The lower they go, the more time, money, and resources it takes to recover them. There are many more species than we can include here.

**For clarity, we only include OPEN ACCESS papers here, but suggest using “Google Scholar” or other reputable search engines to find relevant studies.

Species are threatened by lack of political will, socio-economic constrains, and knowledge gaps on threats and human-species interactions

“Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation“ — Endangered Species Research (2022). READ PAPER

Due to conservation, some populations show signs of increase, but conservation concerns remain because time series are too short to show what was lost; ongoing monitoring IS needed

“Global sea turtle conservation successes“ — Science (2017). READ PAPER

Due to climate change, some endangered species are moving to new areas & experiencing new threats

North Atlantic right whale shift to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2015, revealed by long-term passive acoustics — Endangered Species Research (2019). READ PAPER