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Java Stingaree Declared Extinct, First Marine Fish Extinction Due to Human Activity
Java Stingaree Declared Extinct. Photo : Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
SEAToday.com, Jakarta - The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared an extremely rare Java Stingaree (Urolophus javanicus) extinct. The announcement was made during the COP29 Climate Summit in Dubai, Monday (12/11).
The species was first known in 1862 from a fish market in Jakarta. That specimen became the sole proof of this species’ existence. According to the Head of IUCN Red List Unit Craig Hilton-Taylor, the extinction of this fish was the “ first instance of a marine fish species going extinct due to human activities.”
Julia Constance, the lead assessor and a Ph.D. candidate at Charles Darwin University, stated that intensive and unregulated fishing, coupled with coastal habitat loss and degradation due to industrialization, were the primary factors leading to the extinction.
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