| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | CHONDRICHTHYES | SQUATINIFORMES | SQUATINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Squatina californica | |||
| Species Authority: | Ayres, 1859 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3 |
| Year Assessed: | 2000 |
| Assessor/s | Cailliet, G.M. |
| Evaluator/s: | Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority) |
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Justification: This once abundant eastern Pacific coastal shark is relatively slow-growing, late maturing, and moderately fecund. Because of its rather limited geographical range and life history, resident stocks may be particularly vulnerable to heavy localised fishing pressure. Commercial catch data in recent decades documented a peak, followed by an almost complete collapse in the central California gillnet fishery for California halibut, now closed. This area encompasses a sizable portion of the species’ range and its main center of distribution. A continued targeted commercial fishery for this species would pose a threat to the population in U.S. waters. It is uncertain what the Mexican fishery effort or catch might be for this, and perhaps a different species of Squatina, and the long-term prognosis of the population. |
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| Countries: |
Native:
Canada (British Columbia); Chile; Ecuador; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora); Peru; United States (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northeast; Pacific – southeast
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Systems: | Marine |
| Citation: | Cailliet, G.M. 2000. Squatina californica. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 January 2009. |
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