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To test the effectiveness of this method, we focused on the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, West Africa), where historical fisheries data are lacking. Benthic rays (stingrays [Dasyatidae] and butterfly rays [</span><i>Gymnura</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"> spp.]), benthopelagic rays (duckbill eagle rays [</span><i>Aetomylaeus bovinus</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\">] and cownose rays [</span><i>Rhinoptera marginata</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\">]), guitarfish (</span><i>Glaucostegus</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"> and </span><i>Rhinobatos</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"> spp.), requiem sharks (Carcharhinidae), and hammerhead sharks (</span><i>Sphyrna</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"> spp.) declined in abundance by 81.5–96.7% (species dependent) from 1960 to 2020. Fishing effort increased annually: fishing trip duration by 42.0% (SE 3.4), numbers of fishing vessels at sea as perceived by fishers by 36.3% (1.0) (1960–2020), and number of vessels by 12.0% (1.1) (2007–2022). We estimated that in 2020, fishing vessels collectively captured 61–264 sharks and 522–2194 rays per day in the archipelago, depending on the proportion of the fishing fleet that was active (i.e., low fleet activity of 18% and high fleet activity of 80%). We advocate for reducing shark and ray catches by regulating fleet size, reinforcing boundaries of protected areas, and collecting fisher-dependent information on shark and ray landings to safeguard these vulnerable species and coastal livelihoods. We demonstrated the effectiveness of using this 3-pronged approach to provide baseline data on shark fisheries, a common challenge in areas with small-scale fisheries and limited research capacity.</span>","AbstractOtherLang":null,"BibLvlCode":"AS","StandardTitle":"Reconstructing historical catch trends of threatened sharks and rays based on fisher ecological knowledge","OrigTitleLangCode":"en","OrigTitleLangCodeExtended":"eng","OrigTitleLangID":15,"DateLastModified":{"date":"2026-06-09 01:32:54.179844","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+02:00"},"UserAccessRight":null,"UserAccID":null,"AuthorKeywords":"coastal ecology; conservation; conservation ecology; elasmobranchs; fisheries; Guinea-Bissau; local ecological knowledge; small-scale fisheries; West Africa; África Occidental; conocimiento ecológico local; conservación; ecología costera; ecología de la conservación; elasmobranquios; Guinea-Bisáu; pesquerías; pesquerías; artesanales","OtherDescriptors":null,"Notes":null,"AnaPub":2025,"MonPub":null,"DateUpdate":"2025-12-17","DateCreate":"2025-12-17","SecASFANote":null,"ConfID":null,"PeerRev":1,"VlizCoreFlag":1,"WoScode":null,"VABBcode":null,"OpenAcc":1,"DOI":"10.1111/cobi.70059"},"refs":null,"anarec":{"AnaID":436746,"PubliDate":2025,"Pagination":"e70059","XtraPublOfAnaID":null,"ISBN":null,"Volume":"39","Issue":"5","BRefMon":null,"BRefMonRR":null,"BRefXtra":null,"BRefXtraRR":null,"SerBRefID":42768,"SerRR":"Conservation Biology. 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