Sardinella sindensis | UAE National Red List of Marine Species: Reef-building corals, cartilaginous fishes and select bony fishes
Taxa
Sardinella sindensis | (Day, 1878)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Data deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This pelagic speciesoccurs throughout UAE waters, but its population there is very poorly understood. It is presumably retained as bycatch in fisheries that also take Sardinella longiceps. It is heavily exploited in areas within close proximity of UAE waters, including Iran, and the status of those stocks is not known. Due to the lack of information regarding its population status, and potential major threat from exploitation, it is listed as Data Deficient in the UAE. 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
This species may be negatively impacted in areas where it is heavily exploited (e.g., India, Pakistan and Iran).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Sardinella sindensis | Animalia | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Clupeiformes | Clupeidae | Sardinella |