Species Use Database

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Dive into the database and discover which species are being used, where and how.
What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?

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Target species scientific name Common name(s) Geographic location IUCN Red List status Purpose(s) of end use Practice of use Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable Publication date Entered
Salmo salar Atlantic salmon Pacific - eastern central
LR/lc
LR/lc
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species No, sustainability not determined 2019 2 years 4 months ago
Makaira nigricans Blue marlin Atlantic - northeast
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation Other -- Catch & Release - sports fishing (taking trophy photos only) Yes, considered sustainable 2021 2 years 4 months ago
Sphyrna lewini Scalloped Hammerhead Indian Ocean - eastern, Indian Ocean - western, Pacific - eastern central, Pacific - northeast, Pacific - northwest, Pacific - southeast, Pacific - southwest, Pacific - western central
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2016 1 year 5 months ago
Sphyrna lewini Scalloped hammerhead shark Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean - eastern, Indian Ocean - western
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2014 1 year 5 months ago
Mobula hypostoma lesser devil ray Atlantic - western central
EN
Endangered
 Recreation, Other -- live export to aquariums for public display of live animals Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Carcharhinus falciformis Silky shark Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean - western
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2014 1 year 5 months ago
Cyprinus carpio Common carp Czechia
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 2 years 3 months ago
Isurus oxyrinchus shortfin mako shark Pacific - eastern central, Pacific - northeast, Pacific - northwest, Pacific - southeast, Pacific - southwest, Pacific - western central
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Recreation, Other -- by-catch Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 5 months ago
Rhincodon typus Whale shark Pacific - northwest
EN
Endangered
 Recreation, Conservation Management Watching/experiencing terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic fauna and flora in the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 3 months ago
Sphyrna zygaena Smooth hammerhead shark Australia, Pacific - southwest
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2014 1 year 5 months ago
Anguilla anguilla European eel Sweden
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Carcharhinus longimanus Oceanic whitetip shark Australia, Indian Ocean - eastern, Pacific - southwest
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2014 1 year 5 months ago
Lamna nasus Porbeagle shark Australia, Pacific - southwest
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2014 1 year 5 months ago
Sphyrna zygaena Smooth hammerhead shark Australia, Pacific - southwest
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2014 1 year 5 months ago
Sphyrna lewini Scalloped hammerhead shark Australia, Indian Ocean - eastern, Pacific - southwest
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2014 1 year 5 months ago
Lamna nasus Porbeagle shark New Zealand, Pacific - southwest
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Carcharhinus falciformis Silky shark New Zealand, Pacific - southwest
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Carcharhinus falciformis silky shark Indian Ocean - eastern, Indian Ocean - western
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 6 months ago
Isurus oxyrinchus shortfin mako shark Pacific - southwest
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Scientific Research, Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 6 months ago
Hippocampus zosterae dwarf seahorse Atlantic - western central
LC
Least Concern
 Keeping/companionship/display, Recreation Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 1 year 6 months ago
Isurus oxyrinchus Shortfin mako shark Atlantic - northeast, Atlantic - northwest, Atlantic - southeast, Atlantic - southwest, Atlantic - western central, Indian Ocean - eastern, Indian Ocean - western, Mediterranean and Black Sea, Pacific - eastern central, Pacific - northeast, Pacific - northwest, Pacific - southeast, Pacific - southwest, Pacific - western central
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 1 year 6 months ago
Rhynchobatus australiae Bottlenose wedgefish Indonesia, Indian Ocean - eastern
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2023 1 year 6 months ago
Sphyrna lewini Scalloped hammerhead shark Indonesia, Indian Ocean - western
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2023 1 year 6 months ago
Isurus oxyrinchus Shortfin mako shark Indonesia, Indian Ocean - eastern
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2023 1 year 6 months ago
Arapaima gigas Pirarucu , Arapaima Brazil
DD
Data Deficient
 Food and feed, Collection/display Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2016 2 years 3 months ago
Lamna nasus Porbeagle Shark Atlantic - northwest
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 1 year 9 months ago
Lamna nasus Porbeagle Shark Pacific - southeast, Pacific - southwest
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 1 year 9 months ago
Sphyrna mokarran Great Hammerhead Shark Atlantic - northwest
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 1 year 9 months ago
Sphyrna zygaena Smooth Hammerhead Shark Atlantic - northwest
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 1 year 9 months ago
Alopias vulpinus Common thresher shark Atlantic - northwest, Atlantic - western central
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 1 year 9 months ago
Scoliodon laticaudus Spadenosed shark, Dog shark Bangladesh
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 2 months ago
Anguilla rostrata American eel Canada
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Recreation, Conservation Management Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2016 2 years 2 months ago
Gadus morhua Atlantic cod Norway
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Conservation Management Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Micropterus salmoides Largemouth bass United States
LC
Least Concern
 Recreation Other -- Catch-Release recreational fishing Yes, considered sustainable 2018 2 years 2 months ago
Anguilla japonica Japanese eel Japan
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Conservation Management Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 2 months ago
Anguilla anguilla European eel Czechia
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Recreation, Conservation Management Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 2 months ago
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Grey reef shark Pacific - southwest
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2018 2 years 4 months ago