“Ire” fish, the hidden face of endangered species

2024-07-18 15:03:10

A study calls for a reform of research efforts to promote the conservation of these species that are not the best.

The most endangered species are not the ones that make us the happiest. Usually because they are not the prettiest. This is the result ofThe study was published on July 17 in the journal Science Advances which shows that everyone, but researchers too, are more interested in the best seafood or more prosaically destroyed, to the destruction of the most intelligent and “ugly” which however play an insignificant role in the survival of the areas.

Or « Human interest in biodiversity is essential for effective conservation action », Recall in the Preamble the international team of scientists who studied 2,408 marine reef fish (out of approximately 2,800 species currently recorded in the world). They play « an important role in the functioning of the most vulnerable ecosystems on the planet, such as coral reefs » and represent an economic asset for many…

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