The conservation status of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean

Linardich, Christi; Ralph, Gina M.; Carpenter, Kent E.; Cox, Neil A.; Robertson, D. Ross; Harwell, Heather; Anderson, W.; Barthelat, Fabien; Bouchereau, J.-J.; Brown, Jaclyn N.; Buchanan, Joseph B.; Buddo, Dayne; Collette, Bruce B.; Comeros-Raynal, Mia T.; Craig, Matthew T.; Curtis, Michelle D.; Defex, T.; Dooley, James K.; Driggers, W.; Livsey, C. Elfes; Fraser, Thomas H.; Gilmore, R. Grant; Bendec, L. Grijalba; Hines, AH; Kishore, R.; Lindeman, Kenyon C.; Maréchal, J.-P.; McEachran, John D.; Mcmanus, Roger; Moore, Jeff E.; Munroe, Thomas A.; Oxenford, Hazel A.; Pezold, Frank; Amargós, Fabián Piña; F, Andrea Polanco; Polidoro, Beth; Pollock, Caroline M.; Robins, R. H.; Russell, B. C.; Sayer, CD; Singh-Renton, S.; Smith-Vaniz, William F.; Tornabene, Luke; Tassell, James Van; Vié, Jean‐Christophe; Williams, Jeff T.

doi:10.2305/iucn.ch.2017.ra.1.en

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“…Supporting data included distribution maps, population status, habitats, life history, use and trade, threats, and conservation measures. Ten Red List workshops held between 2009 and 2013 facilitated global assessments for about 1000 shorefishes, with the participation of local and regional experts in fish taxonomy, biology, populations, and potential anthropogenic threats (Linardich et al, ). Two additional workshops attended by 22 experts in 2014 (Corpus Christi, Texas, USA) and 15 experts in 2015 (Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico) completed regional assessments for 940 Gulf of Mexico shorefishes.…”

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“…The uncertainty caused by species assessed as DD restricts our understanding of threat patterns (Bland, Collen, Orme, & Bielby, 2012). For example, Venezuela has an overall high DD richness, with at least six DD species that have ranges mostly restricted to that country; therefore, Venezuela may be an undetected area of high threatened species richness (Linardich et al, 2017).…”

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Extinction risk and conservation of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico

Linardich

Ralph

Robertson

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Aquatic Conservation

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Understanding the conservation status of species is important for prioritizing the allocation of resources to redress or reduce biodiversity loss. Regional organizations that manage threats to the marine biodiversity of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico seek to delineate conservation priorities. This process can be usefully informed by extinction risk assessments conducted under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List criteria: a widely used, objective method to communicate species‐specific conservation needs. Prior to the recent Red List initiatives summarized in this study, the conservation status was known for just one‐quarter of the 1360 Greater Caribbean marine bony shorefishes. During 10 Red List workshops, experts applied data on species' distributions, populations, habitats, and threats in order to assign an extinction risk category to nearly 1000 shorefishes that range in the Greater Caribbean. As conservation is mostly implemented at national and local levels, two more workshops assessed the Gulf of Mexico populations of 940 shorefishes using the regional Red List guidelines. About 5% of these shorefishes are globally or regionally threatened, including 6% of Greater Caribbean endemics and 26% of Gulf endemics. About 9% of the species are Data Deficient. Species‐richness analyses show that the highest numbers of threatened species endemic to the Greater Caribbean are found in Belize, Panama, and the Cayman Islands. The most pervasive threats to the threatened and Near Threatened species are overexploitation, habitat degradation, and predation by the invasive lionfish. Half of the threatened species are experiencing multiple threats that are likely to amplify extinction risk. Recommended actions, in addition to conducting diversity surveys in lesser explored areas, include improving fishery management, reducing habitat degradation, and controlling lionfish populations.

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Extinction risk and conservation of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico

Linardich

Ralph

Robertson

et al. 2018

Aquatic Conservation

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“…Es así que peces comunes en sitios arrecifales someros, tales como Thalassoma bifasciatum, Gramma loreto o Stegastes partitus, son algunas de las presas más importantes del invasor (Acero P, datos inéditos). Interesantemente, el más reciente informe de la IUCN sobre los peces amenazados incluye como vulnerables a ocho especies del género Coryphopterus (Linardich, et al, 2017), pequeños gobis comunes en los fondos someros, y una de las presas favoritas del depredador invasor. …”

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Biodiversidad íctica de los mares colombianos: riqueza amenazada

Acero

Polanco

2017

Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat.

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Artículo de posesión para el ingreso como miembro correspondiente a la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales el 31 de mayo de 2017 ResumenSe hace un recuento de la riqueza íctica de los mares colombianos, enfatizando en los grupos amenazados de extinción en nuestras aguas y los factores de amenaza que se ciernen sobre ellos. Se detectan claras diferencias entre los peces cartilaginosos y los óseos en cuanto a sus posibilidades de supervivencia, pues mientras de los primeros 33% (41) de las especies conocidas de Colombia se hallan amenazadas o cerca de estarlo, solo 4% (89) de los óseos tienen esa condición. Así mismo, los niveles de conservación existentes en el Pacífico colombiano son aun claramente superiores a los del Caribe, lo cual indudablemente se asocia con la mucha mayor población humana que ocupa la costa norte colombiana. Se detallan los casos de los órdenes Carcharhiniformes (tiburones y toyos), Rhinopristiformes (peces sierra, rayas guitarras, rayas brujas), Elopiformes (sábalo) y Labriformes (peces loro) y de la familia Serranidae (meros) por considerarse ejemplos críticos que muestran la urgencia de una acción rápida, enmarcada tanto en los factores intrínsecos de amenaza de las especies, como en las necesidades de la sociedad para salvaguardar el medio circundante. © 2017. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat. Palabras Clave: Caribe sur; Pacífico oriental tropical; Megabiodiversidad; Ictiofauna. Fish biodiversity of Colombian seas: threaten richness AbstractA review of the Colombian marine fish richness is made, emphasizing on those groups susceptible of extinction and on the factors threatening them. There are clear differences between the conservation level of Colombian bony and cartilaginous fishes; 41 species of elasmobranch fishes (33% of total) are threatened or close to be, but only 4% (89 species) of the total figure of bony fishes have such status. Colombian Caribbean fishes are also more severely threatened than Pacific ones, which should be related to the higher density of human population in the northern Colombian coast. The cases of the orders Carcharhiniformes (requiem sharks), Rhinopristiformes (guitarfishes, saw fishes, witch rays), Elopiformes (tarpon) and Labriformes (parrotfishes) and the family Serranidae (groupers) are discussed in detail because they are considered critical examples showing the need of urgent action, based both on intrinsic threat factors as well as on societal needs to manage the environment. © 2017. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat. Key words: Southern Caribbean; Eastern Tropical Pacific; Megabiodiversity; Fish fauna. Ciencias Naturales *Correspondencia:Arturo Acero, aacerop@unal.edu.co Recibido: 11 de mayo de 2017 Aceptado: 09 de junio de 2017 Artículo de posesiónPisces es el nombre clásico de una de las clases en que históricamente han sido divididos los vertebrados. Sin embargo, es claro que el grupo es una construcción humana, pues sus integrantes carecen de un carácter derivado común que los defina. De ese modo, los peces son reco...

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“…An example is the Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), which is a species of grouper similar to the Red Hind, which is now one of the species that is listed in the IUCN red list as 'Endangered' due to the overfishing of their SPAGs throughout the Caribbean (Cornish & Eklund 2003;Sadovy de Mitcheson et al 2008). Proper management and protection of SPAGs is essential to help guard fish species from overfishing (Linardich et al 2017;de la Guarda et al 2018). Uncontrolled fishing on SPAGs can totally disrupt reproduction, lead to a loss of the SPAGs and a decline and endangerment of the species concerned.…”

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