Crenimugil seheli | UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes
Taxa
Crenimugil seheli | (Forsskål, 1775)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Data deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This inshore species occurs throughout UAE waters. It is exploited throughout the UAE, and the stock in Abu Dhabi was considered fully exploited as of 2010. Since 2007, or over the past 11 years (approximately 1.5 generation lengths), catch declined by about 86%. Fishing effort trends are not well-understood. It is also exploited in areas neighboring the UAE. An updated stock assessment is expected to occur in 2020, and until then, the status of its population in the UAE is poorly understood; therefore, it is listed as Data Deficient. Improvements in fisheries monitoring are needed.
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Overfishing is a potential major threat to this species in the UAE and surrounding areas. In addition, estuaries and nearshore habitats have been seriously degraded in the Arabian Gulf region.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Crenimugil seheli | Animalia | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Mugiliformes | Mugilidae | Crenimugil |