The trade in sharks and their products in the United Arab Emirates

Jabado, Rima W.; Ghais, Saif Al Al M; Hamza, Waleed; Henderson, Aaron C.; Spaet, Julia L. Y.; Shivji, Mahmood S.; Hanner, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2014.10.032

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“…Unsustainable fishing and overexploitation of shark resources coupled with a severe lack of enforced protection strategies is a common scenario in the Arabian Seas region (Henderson et al, 2007;Moore, 2011;Jabado et al, 2015). Such regional overexploitation of marine resources is especially worrisome in light of shared stock structures, as demonstrated genetically for a range of the most commonly landed shark species throughout the region .…”

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Ongoing decline of shark populations in the Eastern Red Sea

Spaet

Nanninga

Berumen

2016

Biological Conservation

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Ongoing decline of shark populations in the Eastern Red Sea

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Nanninga

Berumen

2016

Biological Conservation

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“…Fishers operate 2 types of boats: small fiberglass dories ('tarad') and traditional wooden dhows ('lansh') with the primary fishing gear including drift nets, gill nets, hand lines, traps, longlines, and trolls (Grandcourt 2012, Jabado et al 2015a. During a comprehensive fishery-dependent study of elasmobranchs in the UAE between 2010 and 2012 (Jabado et al 2015b), only 1 sawfish (green sawfish) specimen was encountered at the Al Jubail landing site in Sharjah (R. Jabado unpubl. data).…”

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Is this the last stand of the Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron in the Arabian Gulf?

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The sawfishes (Pristidae) represent one of the most threatened groups of marine fish around the world. Between October 2015 and June 2016, interviews (n = 82) were conducted to assess the occurrence of sawfish in United Arab Emirates waters and gain insight from fishers' traditional ecological knowledge regarding the status, uses, and cultural significance of sawfish. Almost all respondents (95.1%) had previously seen a sawfish, and 92.6% confirmed that their numbers had declined in the last 20 yr. Most respondents reported encounters in the last 5 to 10 yr, with 18.3% (n = 15) having seen a sawfish in the last 2 yr. Sawfish were not perceived as a culturally significant resource (76.8%) and when caught were primarily used as food, their high-value fins sold to traders, and rostra retained as decorations. The consensus was that while sawfish were previously targeted, they are now caught primarily as bycatch in gill nets. Based on pictures and rostra encountered (n = 19), it appears that the green sawfish Pristis zijsron is more common in United Arab Emirates waters than the narrow sawfish Anoxypristis cuspidata, which is likely to be present off the Ras Al Khaimah coast. While the results of this study provide evidence of a large decline in sawfish, they hint at the possible importance of Abu Dhabi waters as a region where sawfish are still encountered and where research and monitoring, as well as conservation and recovery efforts, should be focused to avoid local extinction and recover their populations.

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“…Shallow gulfs and seas often support substantial fisheries that in turn feed a wealth of seabirds including cormorants (Nelson 2005). Increasing demand for fish has led to increased commercial fish exploitation in these regions (Jabado et al 2015). The Arabian Gulf region has undergone rapid change in the last three decades due to the discovery of oil in most of the Gulf States (Shihab 2001).…”

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“…The Arabian Gulf region has undergone rapid change in the last three decades due to the discovery of oil in most of the Gulf States (Shihab 2001). This has led to environmental degradation, along with increased fishing activities that are supporting the influx of people moving into the region (Jabado et al 2015). Fishing in the Arabian Gulf is mainly targeting pelagic and demersal fish (Carpenter et al 1997;Grandcourt 2012), although the true extent of the fisheries activities may not be fully reported (Jabado et al 2015).…”

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