Life history and ecology analysis of the whitespotted whipray and sharpnose whipray: assessing vulnerability to fisheries.
Role
Supervisor
Description
The whitespotted whipray and sharpnose whipray (Endangered), are the preferred and most imported stingray species into Singapore for BBQ stingray. Understanding how vulnerable a species is to exploitation in relation to their ‘life history’ enables the creation of species-suitable fisheries management plans. A species’ life-history will answer questions such as: when do they reach maturity? How long do they live for? How many young do they have? While their ecology will give insight to their diet and habitat use. This information will enable understanding of their vulnerability, and help inform fisheries management and conservation throughout their range.
Date
01 Nov 2021 - 30 Nov 2022
Project Type
CONTRACT_RESEARCH
Keywords
stingray;fisheries;conservation;management;ray
Funding Body
World Wide Fund for Nature (Singapore)
Amount
22081.5
Project Team
Neil Hutchinson