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
Homarus americanus American lobster Atlantic - northwest
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2017 1 year 8 months ago
Tayassu pecari White-lipped peccary Brazil
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2022 1 year 8 months ago
Macaca mulatta Rhesus monkey, Mihou China
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Ursus arctos horribilis Grizzly bear Canada
Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- retribution killing Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Macaca fascicularis Crab-eating macaque, Shixiehou China
EN
Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks 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 9 months 3 weeks 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 9 months 3 weeks 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 9 months 3 weeks 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 9 months 3 weeks 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 9 months 3 weeks ago
Ceratozamia mirandae cycad Mexico
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Keeping/companionship/display, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Conservation Management Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Carnegiea gigantea sahuaro Mexico
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Energy, Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks 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 9 months 3 weeks ago
Aloe secundiflora African aloes Kenya
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene, Conservation Management Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Galanthus elwesii Snowdrop, Kardelen Turkey
DD
Data Deficient
 Keeping/companionship/display Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Ansellia spp. Leopard orchid, Tiger orchid Kenya
Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display, Scientific Research Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Vanda coerulea blue vanda Thailand
Keeping/companionship/display, Learning and education, Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation, Conservation Management Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Tridacna spp. Giant clams Micronesia, Federated States of , Pacific - southwest
Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Strombus gigas Queen conch, Caracol pala Colombia, Atlantic - western central
Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Galanthus woronowii snowdrop Georgia
Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation, Conservation Management Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild No, sustainability not determined 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Antipathes grandis Black coral United States, Pacific - eastern central
Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Malacochersus tornieri Pancake tortoise, Kobe Kenya
CR
Critically Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display Other -- Ranching, with breeding stock from wild; closed-cycle captive breeding; and illegal wild harvesting. No, sustainability not determined 2008 9 months 3 weeks ago
Cuora amboinensis Southeast Asian box turtle, Kura Kura Indonesia
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 9 months 3 weeks 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 10 months 1 week 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 10 months 1 week ago
Pterocarpus santalinus red Sander tree India
EN
Endangered
 Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction, Conservation Management Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 10 months 1 week 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 10 months 1 week ago
Macaca fascicularis long-tailed macaque Indonesia
EN
Endangered
 Scientific Research Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2023 10 months 2 weeks 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 10 months 2 weeks ago
Manta birostris Manta ray Atlantic - western central
Keeping/companionship/display, Learning and education, Recreation Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2019 10 months 2 weeks ago