📖 A new study by Laglbauer et al. (2025) finds manta and devil rays at serious risk, with ~265,000 killed each year, mostly in small-scale fisheries.
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⚠️ All manta and devil rays are now threatened with extinction, which is driven by targeted fishing, the gill plate trade, and the false promise of “sustainable” catch.
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🚨 BREAKING: All oceanic devil rays are now Critically Endangered.
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Countless manta and devil rays still being killed primarily for their gill plates and meat.
While manta and devil rays were listed under CITES Appendix II, illegal trade increasing.
An uplisting to CITES Appendix I, ban all commercial international trade in mobulid products.
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Some of our ocean’s most iconic species are vanishing — whale sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks, manta and devil rays.
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Global Manta and Devil Ray Gill Market Trade, their population have dropped by 90% in some areas. #SaveTheMantas research.mantatrust.org/palacios-et-...
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While manta rays were listed under CITES Appendix II in 2013, devil rays in 2016, illegal trade increasing
An uplisting to CITES Appendix I, ban all commercial int. trade in mobulid products
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All images will become part of a powerful visual mural at the CITES CoP20,sending delegates a clear message:
Ban all commercial int. trade in mobulid products
Today September 17th is World Manta Day! A moment to celebrate these incredible animals, but also to take action for them! #SaveTheMantas
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Mobulids’ slow life cycle, late maturity(10yrs),delayed age of 1st reproduction,extremely low fecundity make them particularly vulnerable to the anthropogenic pressures, leading to population declines of over 90%n some areas
All 9 species now threatened w/ extinction #WorldMantaDay #SaveTheMantas
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Take a photo, upload it to your social media and the Manta Trust campaign page
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All images will become part of a powerful visual mural at the CITES CoP20 conference,sending delegates a clear message: the world is watching
#WorldMantaDay
#SaveTheMantas campaign by Manta Trust
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At stake is a proposal to uplist all manta and devil rays (collectively known as mobulids) to CITES Appendix I, the highest level of international protection.
Show your support this #WorldMantaDay 17 September under the theme "Power of Protection", and help push for a global trade of all Mobulid products ban to protect manta & devil rays at CITES CoP20.
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Oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris), Yucatan, Mexico
IUCN Red List Status: Decreasing Population / Endangered
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, EF8-15mm lens, f/14 for 1/320 second, ISO 2000
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