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Dalatias licha (Northeast Atlantic subpopulation)

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Taxonomy

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	CHONDRICHTHYES	SQUALIFORMES	DALATIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Dalatias licha (Northeast Atlantic subpopulation)

Species Authority:

(Bonnaterre, 1788)

Common Name/s:

English

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Kitefin Shark

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Published:	2000
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Compagno, L.J.V. & Cook, S.F.
Reviewer/s:	Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority)
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Justification: Records of yields from the Portuguese/Azores kitefin shark fishery suggest that targeted fisheries are capable of reducing populations quite rapidly. The life history of this species is expected to result in a slow recovery after depletion. An increasing trend for fisheries to move into deeper water on continental shelves and slopes suggests that fishing pressure on this species will likely increase over the next decade or more. However, because the kitefin shark is widely distributed and data on fisheries and populations are lacking from most of its range, it is not possible to reach a global assessment.

Geographic Range [top]

FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – northeast
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Population [top]

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Marine

Citation:	Compagno, L.J.V. & Cook, S.F. 2000. Dalatias licha (Northeast Atlantic subpopulation). In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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