Adoption of Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) into national and regional policy

On February 23rd 2022, the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG), with support from the IUCN Ocean Team and the IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas, ran an online workshop session focused on understanding appropriate methods and approaches to engage with decision makers to ensure adoption of the Important Shark and Ray Area (ISRA) approach. The goal was to gain understanding of key considerations needed to ensure the uptake of ISRAs into policy initiatives to further conservation and management of sharks.