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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
Hippocampus spp. Seahorses Indonesia
Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2018 2 years 3 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
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
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
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
Auxis spp. Bonitos Indonesia
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 2 months ago