Correction to “Exploring the Decline of Shark Populations in Santiago Island, Cabo Verde: Insights From Local Fishers' Knowledge and Perspectives”

Abstract

Varela, J., E. Nunes, D. Pina, et al. 2025. Exploring the Decline of Shark Populations in Santiago Island, Cabo Verde: Insights From Local Fishers' Knowledge and Perspectives. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 35, no. 6: e70167. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70167.

The authors regret that the citations “Dureuil et al. 2024” were wrongly replaced by “De Bruyne and Labyedh 2024” in the final version of the paper, at the production stage. Alongside, we found a few species misidentifications in some of the panels of the supplementary figure.

In the paragraph 3 (line 29), of the “Introduction”, the text “However, it is estimated that between 2012 and 2016, the artisanal sector caught 21.77 mt of sharks in Cabo Verde (De Bruyne and Labyedh 2024), mainly comprising species such as smoothhound shark (Mustelus mustelus), tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), and blue shark (P. glauca) (PEAGRP 2020).“was incorrect.

This should have read: “However, it is estimated that between 2012 and 2016, the artisanal sector caught 21.77 mt of sharks in Cabo Verde (Dureuil et al. 2024), mainly comprising species such as smoothhound shark (Mustelus mustelus), tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), and blue shark (Prionace glauca) (PEAGRP 2020)”.

In the paragraph 3 (line 35), of the “Introduction”, the text “Actual catches are prob- ably much higher, but even so the artisanal sector in Cabo Verde contributes less to shark catches compared to other countries in the region (Sall et al. 2021; De Bruyne and Labyedh 2024).” was incorrect.

This should have read: “Actual catches are prob- ably much higher, but even so the artisanal sector in Cabo Verde contributes less to shark catches compared to other countries in the region (Sall et al. 2021; Dureuil et al. 2024)”.

In the paragraph 2 (line 10), of the “Discussion”, the text “In West Africa, hammerhead sharks are also heavily caught and are among the most landed species in countries such as Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, and Sierra Leone, comprising 27% of elasmobranchs exploited in the latter (Diop and Dossa 2011; De Bruyne and Labyedh 2024).” Was incorrect.

This should have read: “In West Africa, hammerhead sharks are also heavily caught and are among the most landed species in countries such as Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone, comprising 27% of elasmobranchs exploited in the latter (Diop and Dossa, 2011; Konan et al. 2024; Labyedh et al. 2024)”.

In the paragraph 2 (line 25), of the “Discussion”, the text “They are retained for their meat and liver to produce oil used in traditional medicine and as a food supplement in Cabo Verde (De Bruyne and Labyedh 2024).” was incorrect.

This should have read: “They are retained for their meat and liver to produce oil used in traditional medicine and as a food supplement in Cabo Verde (Dureuil et al. 2024).”

In the paragraph 2 (line 25), of the “Discussion”, the text “The extraction of oil for lighting in the 19th century and more recently for medicinal purposes contributed to the increase of commercial shark fishing in West Africa (Sall et al. 2021).” was incorrect.

This should have read: “The extraction of oil for lighting in the 19th century and more recently for medicinal purposes contributed to the increase of commercial shark fishing in West Africa (Sall et al. 2021; De Bruyne and Labyedh 2024)”.

In the paragraph 2 (13), of the “Discussion”, the text “Although the consumption of sharks is not rooted in Cabo Verdean culture, there is an increase in consumption at certain times of the year, especially on Ash Day, in some islands of the archipelago, including Santiago (De Bruyne and Labyedh 2024).” was incorrect.

This should have read: “Although the consumption of sharks is not rooted in Cabo Verdean culture, there is an increase in consumption at certain times of the year, especially on Ash Day, in some islands of the archipelago, including Santiago (Dureuil et al. 2024).”

In the paragraph 4 (line 17), of the “Discussion”, the text “Ash Day is a Catholic religious celebration strongly rooted in the culture of the island of Santiago, Cabo Verde, characterized by the consumption of dried salted fish meat, including sharks (De Bruyne and Labyedh 2024).” was incorrect.

This should have read: “Ash Day is a Catholic religious celebration strongly rooted in the culture of the island of Santiago, Cabo Verde, characterized by the consumption of dried salted fish meat, including sharks (Dureuil et al. 2024)”.

In the paragraph 4 (line 20), of the “Discussion”, the text “Fishers have reported the existence of a black market in the country that sells shark meat and fins to the Chinese and Senegalese, with the latter exporting to other West African countries (De Bruyne and Labyedh 2024).” was incorrect.

This should have read: “Fishers have reported the existence of a black market in the country that sells shark meat and fins to the Chinese and Senegalese, with the latter exporting to other West African countries (Dureuil et al. 2024)”.

Add references:

Dureuil, M., Burnett, K.A., Pires, S.D., Renom, B., Ratão, S.S., Macedo, T.P., Freitas, R., & Rosa, R. (2024). Cabo Verde. In R.W. Jabado, A.Z.A. Morata, R.H. Bennett, B. Finucci, J.R. Ellis, S.L. Fowler, M.I. Grant, A.P. Barbosa Martins, & S.L. Sinclair (eds.) The global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (pp. 1033–1042). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. https://doi.org/10.59216/ssg.gsrsrc.2024.

Labyedh, G., Fogwan, C., Biankeu, C. I., Nigon, M., Mbotiji, N., Kamla, A. T., Ndjamo, R., Tchinda, W. (2024). Cameroon. In R.W. Jabado, A.Z.A. Morata, R.H. Bennett, B. Finucci, J.R. Ellis, S.L. Fowler, M.I. Grant, A.P. Barbosa Martins, & S.L. Sinclair (eds.) The global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (pp. 1045–1052). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. https://doi.org/10.59216/ssg.gsrsrc.2024.

Konan, K. J., Diaha, N. C. (2024). Côte D'Ivoire. In R.W. Jabado, A.Z.A. Morata, R.H. Bennett, B. Finucci, J.R. Ellis, S.L. Fowler, M.I. Grant, A.P. Barbosa Martins, & S.L. Sinclair (eds.) The global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (pp. 1081–1086). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. https://doi.org/10.59216/ssg.gsrsrc.2024.

In the paragraph 1, of the “Supplementary Figure”, the text “Photographs provided by local NGOs and fishers as proof of the shark species caught. A) Sphyrna lewini (Santa Cruz), B) Ginglymostoma cirratum (Tarrafal), C) Prionace glauca (Rincão), D) Carcharhinus limbatus (Cidade Velha), E) G. cuvier (Santa Cruz), F) Carcharhinus longimanus (Tarrafal), G) and H) possibly Carcharhinus falciformis or Carcharhinus leucas (Porto Mosquito), I) Alopias spp. (Santa Cruz) and J) Hexanchus griseus (Porto Mosquito).” was incorrect.

This should have read: “Photographs provided by local NGOs and fishers as proof of the shark species caught. A) S. lewini (Santa Cruz), B) G. cirratum (Tarrafal), C) I. oxyrinchus (Rincão), D) C. limbatus (Cidade Velha), E) G. cuvier (Santa Cruz), F) C. longimanus (Tarrafal), G) possibly Carcharhinus signatus (Porto Mosquito), H) Carcharhinus spp. (Porto Mosquito), I) Carcharhinus spp. (Santa Cruz) and J) H. griseus (Porto Mosquito)”.