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Giant manta becomes the first manta ray to be listed as an endangered species — Marine Megafauna Foundation

The Oceanic Manta Ray (Mobula birostris) has been uplisted from vulnerable to endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They join many of the smaller devil ray species also listed as endangered due mainly to the imposing threat from targeted and bycatch fisheries. Although this is a sad development for this species, the fact that their conservation status has been acknowledged is cause for hope. Their uplisting will help put pressure on governments and fisheries to do more to protec

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