The fish, sharks and rays that inhabit the waters off South Australia face a wide range of threats.

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This threats overview is in three parts: those threats dealt with in the regional and local actions paper; those threats dealt with in the national and state levels actions paper, which relate to improved management of industries and infrastructure that impact on the marine environment; and those threats dealt with in both papers.
Clearly threats can and should be addressed at as many levels as possible, so the distinctions here are somewhat arbitrary, and largely made to simplify the presentation of the information provided.

The major source for this information is South Australia’s first comprehensive study of the conservation status of the fish, sharks and rays that inhabit the waters off SA: Baker, J.L. (2008) Status of Marine Species at Risk in South Australia: Technical Report – Bony and Cartilaginous Fish. Chapters of the Technical Report are being progressively uploaded and can be accessed from the Reefwatch website
A preliminary summary of the findings available at the time the summary was prepared is provided as an Appendix to this paper. A full statistical summary will be available once information on all species is available.
Other sources of information used in this and the other papers in this series are listed in a separate References document.