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Nature 439, 29 (5 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/439029a; Published online 4 January 2006
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Fisheries: Deep-sea fishes qualify as endangered
Jennifer A. Devine1, Krista D. Baker1 & Richard L. Haedrich1
Abstract
A shift from shelf fisheries to the deep sea is exhausting late-maturing species that recover only slowly.
Abstract
Criteria from the World Conservation Union1 (IUCN) have been used to classify marine fish species as endangered since 1996, but deep-sea fish have not so far been evaluated — despite their vulnerability to aggressive deepwater fishing as a result of certain life-history traits2. Here we use research-survey data to show that five species of deep-sea fish have declined over a 17-year period in the Canadian waters of the northwest Atlantic to such an extent that they meet the IUCN criteria for being critically endangered. Our results indicate that urgent action is needed for the sustainable management of deep-sea fisheries.
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