The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Rhinobatos horkelii

 – Critically Endangered

Classifications

List of Threats:
3.1.1Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Food - Subsistence use/local trade (ongoing)
3.1.2Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Food - Sub-national/national trade (ongoing)
4.1.1.1Accidental mortality - Bycatch - Fisheries-related - Hooking (ongoing)
4.1.1.2Accidental mortality - Bycatch - Fisheries-related - Netting (ongoing)
9.1Intrinsic factors - Limited dispersal (ongoing)
9.2Intrinsic factors - Poor recruitment/reproduction/regeneration (ongoing)
9.5Intrinsic factors - Low densities (ongoing)
9.7Intrinsic factors - Slow growth rates (ongoing)
9.9Intrinsic factors - Restricted range (ongoing)
List of Conservation Actions:
1.1.2Policy-based actions - Management plans - Implementation (needed)
1.2.1.1Policy-based actions - Legislation - Development - International level (needed)
1.2.1.2Policy-based actions - Legislation - Development - National level (in place, needed)
1.2.2.1Policy-based actions - Legislation - Implementation - International level (needed)
1.2.2.2Policy-based actions - Legislation - Implementation - National level (in place, needed)
4.4.1Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Identification of new protected areas (in place)
4.4.2Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Establishment (needed)
4.4.3Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Management (needed)
4.4.4Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Expansion (needed)

Citation: Lessa, R. & Vooren, C.M. 2007. Rhinobatos horkelii. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 August 2008.
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