The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Squatina squatina

 – Critically Endangered

Classifications

List of Habitats:
9.2Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
9.4Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy
9.7Marine Neritic - Macroalgal/Kelp
9.10Marine Neritic - Estuaries
12.4Marine Intertidal - Mud Flats and Salt Flats
List of Threats:
1.3.2.2Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Fisheries - Artisinal/small-scale (ongoing)
1.3.2.3Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Fisheries - Large-scale/industrial (ongoing)
1.4.2Habitat Loss/Degradation - Infrastructure development - Human settlement (ongoing)
1.4.3Habitat Loss/Degradation - Infrastructure development - Tourism/recreation (ongoing)
1.4.9Habitat Loss/Degradation - Infrastructure development - Other (ongoing)
4.1.1.2Accidental mortality - Bycatch - Fisheries-related - Netting (ongoing)
4.1.1.3Accidental mortality - Bycatch - Fisheries-related - Entanglement (ongoing)
6.3.7Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species) - Water pollution - Sediment (ongoing)
6.3.8Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species) - Water pollution - Sewage (past, present)
9.2Intrinsic factors - Poor recruitment/reproduction/regeneration (ongoing)
9.5Intrinsic factors - Low densities (ongoing)
9.7Intrinsic factors - Slow growth rates (ongoing)
10.1Human disturbance - Recreation/tourism (ongoing)
List of Conservation Actions:
1.2.1.1Policy-based actions - Legislation - Development - International level (needed)
1.2.1.2Policy-based actions - Legislation - Development - National level (needed)
1.2.1.3Policy-based actions - Legislation - Development - Sub-national level (in place, needed)
1.2.2.3Policy-based actions - Legislation - Implementation - Sub-national level (in place, needed)
3.2Research actions - Population numbers and range (needed)
3.3Research actions - Biology and Ecology (needed)
3.4Research actions - Habitat status (needed)
3.5Research actions - Threats (needed)
3.8Research actions - Conservation measures (needed)
3.9Research actions - Trends/Monitoring (needed)
4.1Habitat and site-based actions - Maintenance/Conservation (needed)
4.4.1Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Identification of new protected areas (needed)
4.4.2Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Establishment (needed)
4.4.3Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Management (needed)

Citation: Morey, G., Serena, F., Mancusi, C., Fowler, S.L., Dipper, F. & Ellis, J. 2006. Squatina squatina. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 September 2008.
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