Nowhere to Hide: Trawling in southern Iran poses a dramatic threat to coastal batoids Written by Mohsen Rezaie-Atagholipour Qeshm Environmental Conservation Institute (QECI) IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group | Indian Ocean Regional Group | Member
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Photo by Mohsen Rezaie-Atagholipour
A Spotted Guitarfish, Rhinobatos punctifer, a species endemic to the northwest Indian Ocean, entangled in a trawling net. Because the fish has no commercial value, fishers did not even bother to remove it from the net.
