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Silky Shark Tagging Study Reveals Gaps in Marine Protected Areas

Satellite tagging reveals that silky sharks spend nearly half their time outside Eastern Tropical Pacific marine reserves, exposing them to intense industrial fishing. Tracking 40 sharks from Galápagos, researchers uncover critical gaps in MPA networks and call for expanded protections to better safeguard this vulnerable, wide-ranging species in the region.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Verbena litoralis Kunth
Tribulus cistoides L.
Species Database Tribulus cistoides L.
Rashid Cruz-CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Pilea baurii B.L. Rob.
Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC.
Species Database Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Waltheria ovata Cav.
Gossypium darwinii G. Watt
Species Database Gossypium darwinii G. Watt
Salvia occidentalis Sw.
Species Database Salvia occidentalis Sw.