They found that over half the pelagic sharks targeted by high-seas fisheries were threatened with extinction. AIC for differing threat metrics: binomial THR (CR + EN + VU + NT) = 158.7; categorical = 982.3. The Daggernose inhabits the tropical waters off of the coasts of Brazil and Trinidad. While one-third of threatened sharks and rays are subject to targeted fishing, some of the most threatened species (including sawfishes and large-bodied skates) have declined due to incidental capture in fisheries targeting other species. Through our multi-pronged strategies, and guided by the Global Priorities for Conserving Sharks and Rays - A 2015-2025 Strategy, we strive to restore the balance between humans and sharks. Sharks are apex predators, meaning they sit at the top of their food chain, and they play an important role in the overall health of the oceans. The SSG and the GMSA created ArcGIS distribution maps as polygons describing the geographical range of each chondrichthyan depending on the individual species point location and depth information. The Critically Endangered Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon) is known only from 20 museum specimens that were captured in the heavily-fished inshore waters of Southeast Asia: it has not been seen since 1979 (Cavanagh et al., 2003). The Pondicherry Shark is Critically Endangered (CE) on the IUCN Red List. Chondrichthyans were scored as threatened (CR, EN, VU) = 1 or Least Concern (LC) = 0 for n = 366 marine species. The Red List documentation for each species assessment is supported by references to the primary and secondary literature cited in the text. Many more as yet undescribed chondrichthyan species exist. A particular problem is the fin trade: the fins of sharks and shark-like rays are a delicacy in some Asian countries, and more than half of the chondrichthyans that enter the fin trade are under threat. Five out of the seven families of elasmobranch most threatened with extinction are rays. While the demand for shark, ray and skate meat isnt given as much attention as shark fin, the international demand for these products has more than doubled since the early 1990s, and the sheer volume from fisheries that are not well managed is a serious threat to the survival of these species. We thank the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and John McEachran for providing distribution maps. This species is known to live within the Indian Ocean, particularly in the marine waters which stretch from the Gulf of Oman right up to the coast of New Guinea. Steep declines and the high threat levels in migratory oceanic pelagic sharks suggest raising the priority of improved management of catch and trade through concerted actions by national governments working through RFMOs as well as CITES, and CMS (Table 7). LDF is supporting four projects aimed at decreasing shark mortality in priority regions, including a conservation program in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Species habitats were classified based on the findings from the workshops combined with a review of the primary literature, FAO fisheries guides and field guides (Cavanagh et al., 2003; Cavanagh and Gibson, 2007; Cavanagh et al., 2008; Gibson et al., 2008; Camhi et al., 2009; Kyne et al., 2012). 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