Tropical Marine Environmental Sciences
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022)

Endangered Shark Species Identified in Bintan Island Waters, Riau Island Province, Indonesia

Mutia Dhiya Amani (Faculty of Fishery and Marine, Universitas Riau, Indonesia)
Rika Permata Sari (Padang Coastal and Marine Resources Management Center, Tanjung Pinang Work Unit)
Irwan Effendi (Faculty of Fishery and Marine, Universitas Riau, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Nov 2022

Abstract

Shark is one of the fish caught and traded around Bintan Island, Indonesia. There are at least 13 species of shark and of which there are 3 species that are already in endangered status. This research was conducted from January 2 to June 30 at the Padang Coastal Marine Resources Management Center (PCMRMC), Tanjung Pinang Work Unit. The purpose of this study was to identify the species of deep shark whose population is critically endangered and endangered in the waters around Bintan Island, Riau Island Province, Indonesia. Shark identification is done by observing the shark's physical body in whole or in part. Includes color, fin shape, tooth shape, motif. A number of 3 critically endangered and endangered shark species were identified from Bintan Island waters, namely the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834), zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum), and sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus). All of these sharks are still caught, consumed and traded in this area. According to the IUCN, the current population conservation status of them is critically endangered (scalloped hammerhead), and endangered (zebra shark and sandbar shark).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

tromes

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Earth & Planetary Sciences Environmental Science Physics

Description

Focusing on aspects of Aquatic ecology and Biology ini marine water. Original research that makes a significant contribution to field of marine: Moleculer biology; marine biology; Environmental Sciences; Oceanography; GIS; Marine pollution; and ...