Journal ArticleFrontiers in Ocean Sustainability · March 19, 2025
The pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) is an evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered species, with population declines primarily attributed to targeted fishing and bycatch in both small-scale and industria ...
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Journal ArticleORYX · January 1, 2025
The pelagic thresher shark Alopias pelagicus is an Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species primarily threatened by overfishing. Indonesia is the world's largest shark fishing nation, and in Alor Island, thresher sharks have been a primary t ...
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Journal ArticleFrontiers in Fish Science · May 22, 2024
The pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) is globally endangered, threatened by bycatch, and targeted in industrial and artisanal fisheries in Indonesia. However, a lack of information about their ecology, particular ...
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Journal ArticleScience advances · August 2022
Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to understand their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date, comparative studies among species at global scales have mostly focused on horizontal movem ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Ocean Science Foundation · December 28, 2020
The Bird’s Head Seascape (BHS) in West Papua, Indonesia, is widely recognized as the global epicenter of coral reef biodiversity and is protected by an extensive network of 20 marine protected areas (MPAs) totaling over 4.7 million ha. It is home to large ...
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Report · November 11, 2019
Thresher Shark Project Indonesia is Indonesia's first thresher shark conservation effort focusing on Alor, East Nusa Tenggara Region. The project successfully deployed the first satellite tag to thresher shark (TS) within Indonesian waters—an additional si ...
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Journal ArticleRegional Studies in Marine Science · February 1, 2018
The status of coral ecosystems at two islands, Saktu and Melinjo, in Thousand Islands National Park was assessed based on three ecological indicators: percent coral cover, coral disease symptoms, and reef fish abundance. Coral cover in both Saktu Island an ...
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