YOU MUST KNOW..Why Is The Spotted Handfish Endangered

Its decline has been attributed to a number of factors including predation by the Northern Pacific Seastar Asterias amurensis habitat modification and heavy metal contamination. They are also listed as Critically Endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and Endangered.

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The species is listed as critically endangered on both the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the ASFB Threatened Fishes Committee listings.

Why is the spotted handfish endangered. In 1996 they became the first marine fish to be listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Derwent estuary spotted handfish experienced a severe decline in the 1980s.

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