Spatiotemporal variations in reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) residency at a remote meso‐scale habitat and its importance in future spatial planning

JL Harris, P Hosegood, CB Embling… - Aquatic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Chagos Archipelago's vast no‐take marine protected area (MPA, 640,000 km2)
provides refuge for elasmobranchs facing unsustainable depletion by fisheries …

Global assessment of manta and devil ray gill plate and meat trade: conservation implications and opportunities

MD Palacios, L Weiand, BJL Laglbauer… - … Biology of Fishes, 2024 - Springer
Due to overexploitation in fisheries partly driven by international trade demand, mobulid rays
are among the most threatened of elasmobranch families. We conducted a global …

Fisheries, trade, and conservation of manta and devil rays in Peru

S Rojas-Perea, NG D'Costa, K Kanagusuku… - … Biology of Fishes, 2024 - Springer
The Mobulidae family comprises nine extant manta and devil ray (mobulid) species in the
monogeneric genus Mobula, of which five occur in Peruvian waters. In this study, we …