Featured Species

Type Speciessort icon Distribution Population Bycatch Threat IUCN Status
Fish Carcharhinus obscurus Patchy, coastal in tropical and warm temperate seas Decreasing Longlines, gillnets, hook and line, trawls Vulnerable
Reptile Caretta caretta Circumglobal, in tropical and subtropical waters Unknown Longlines, gillnets, trawls, traps and pots, and dredges Globally Endangered
Invertebrate Corals, Sponges, and Other Benthic Invertebrates Wordwide, in suitable habitats Variable, but largely unknown Bottom trawls, dredges, gillnets Unknown
Reptile Dermochelys coriacea Circumglobal in tropical to sub-polar waters Decreasing Longlines, gillnets, trawls, pot/traps Critically Endangered
Mammal Eubalaena glacialis Western North Atlantic ~ 450 individuals Trap lines, gillnets, longlines Critically Endangered
Mammal Globicephala spp. Short-finned pilot whales are circumglobal in temperate and tropical waters. Long-finned pilot... Unknown Longlines, gillnets, purse seines, trawls Data Deficient
Mammal Phocoena sinus Northern Gulf of California, Mexico ~ 250 Gillnets Critically Endangered
Mammal Pontoporia blainvillei Mid-coastal Brazil south to mid-coastal Argentina 30,000 to 50,000 Gillnets Vulnerable
Bird Thalassarche eremita Southeast Pacific; breeds only in a small area of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand Around 5,000 breeding pairs Longlines and trawls Critically Endangered