Summary of status and trends of threatened marine species

The charts summarised both the Red List status and the trends as reported for each of the main biodiversity groups. The process and the rationale for the categories is given here: https://www.iucnredlist.org/assessment/process.

The data are extracted from the Red List reports plus interactive web sites: 

Bo, M., et al., 2017, Overview of the conservation status of Mediterranean anthozoa(https://www.iucn.org/content/overview-conservation-status-mediterranean-anthozoa) accessed 24 May 2019.

Casale, P. and Tucker, A.D, 2017, ‘Casale, P. & Tucker, A.D. 2017. Caretta caretta (amended version of 2015 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T3897A119333622. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T3897A119333622.en. Downloaded on 11 April 2019.’

EC and IUCN, 2018, ‘European Mammal Species Richness & Threat’, European Redlist - Environment - European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/redlist/mammals/geographic_patterns.htm) accessed 23 May 2019.

IUCN, 2019, ‘The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 2019-1’, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/en) accessed 11 April 2019.

IUCN and BirdLife International, 2014, ‘European Red List of Birds’, BirdLife (https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/european-red-list-birds-0) accessed 31 January 2019.

Nieto, A., et al., 2015,European red list of marine fishes., Publications Office, Luxembourg.

Number of species assessed using IUCN Red List criteria