In 2018, the giant manta ray was listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. We integrated decades of sightings and survey effort data from multiple sources in a comprehensive species distribution modeling (SDM) framework to evaluate the distribution of giant manta rays off the e...
.Moreover,the annual population growth rate in these areas was 1.8%,higher than the global average of 1.4%.The PAI report concluded that human-related environmental changes will continue to put pressure on hotspots.Therefore,keeping biodiversity requires paying close attention to population size....
Environ Biol Fish https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01639-7 Preliminary insights into manta ray (Mobula alfredi and M. birostris) population demographics and distribution in South Africa M. Carpenter · N. Cullain · R. Daly · G. Smith · M. Dicken ·...
the maximum we could ever take is 40 and that's very rare. Barefoot Manta Island Resort is the leader in Fiji in supplying Manta Ray research data to the global conservation org Manta Trust. With our knowledge of Manta Ray behaviour, we continually engage with other resorts ...
Tagging was performed either while free diving at feeding sites or SCUBA diving at cleaning stations using a pole spear to insert a titanium dart attached to the satellite tag by a 25 or 50 cm tether. The dart, acting as an anchor, was embedded in the dorsum of each manta ray, in the...