Indicate which actions have been carried out to implement this Resolution :
Fundraising
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the actions taken:
SSC SSG Chair fundraising successfully secured 2.7M USD from Shark Conservation Fund to begin delineation of Important Shark And Ray areas globally and hired a team of 10+ scientists to do these workshops.
Paper link is https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.968853/full - nearly 10K views of the ISRA paper - moving conservation for sharks and rays and chimearas forward
What challenges/obstacles have been encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and how were they overcome :
No information is available
Briefly describe what future actions are needed for the implementation of this Resolution:
CMS CMS ISRA documentation is linked here https://www.cms.int/sites/default/files/document/cms_cop14_doc.27.4.2_isra_e.pdf At the 4th Meeting of the Signatories to the Sharks MOU (MOS4), Signatories welcomed the Initiative and progress made by the IUCN SSC SSG in developing robust selection and review criteria for identifying ISRAs and acknowledged the criteria and identification process posted on the ISRA website (sharkrayareas.org)
Are these actions planned for yet:
