Just an hour ago at the CITES #CoP20 all Mantas and Devil Rays (Mobulidae spp.) were accepted by consensus to uplist from Appendix II to Appendix I!

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good stuff. #mantatrust #webinar #tagging #mantarays #ocean #endangered #mobulids #markerdman

We're Hiring - Manta Ray Advocates Hawaii If you love manta rays and live on the Big Island, read on...

Live on the Big Island? Wish I did :) #mantarayadvocates #mobulids #mantarays #devilrays

Mobulas, an Aquatic Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing Conservationists are determined to protect the magnificent rays of the Pacific—whether that’s tracking them with acoustic tags or flying drones, or through exposing the black market for their meat and...

stop trafficking in animal parts!! there is no reason to do this save greed and fake superstitious folk remedies #mantarays #protectouroceans #stopsharkfinning #mobulids #endangeredspecies #greed #overfishing #bycatch

Global assessment of manta and devil ray gill plate and meat trade: conservation implications and opportunities - Environmental Biology of Fishes 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 assessment of the state of ...

Interesting new paper from the Manta Trust on the trade in mobulid products (especially gill plates). Despite CITES and CMS listings, fishing continues to threaten this iconic groups of rays.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#sharkconservation #sharkresearch #mobulids #CITES

Thank you to the BKKPN @bkkpn_kupang for allowing us to conduct research in the heart of the MPAs of Raja Ampat, including the no take areas #eDNA #marinemegafauna #marinemammals #marinemammalresearch #whale #dolphin #MantaRay #Mobulids #drones, multispectral #imagery @SelamatIJL