Reference guide

Shark Conservation Terms Explained

Readers often need a plain-language explanation of conservation terms before they can interpret species pages confidently. This page gives those terms one careful home.

Conservation vocabularyPlain-languageIndex now

Keep the status language modest

The site should explain what a term means without turning the page into advocacy copy.

Avoid overclaiming

This page works best when it helps readers interpret labels honestly and cautiously.

Support the species pages

Conservation words belong here so species pages can stay focused.

Useful next pages

Keep moving through the field guide with the pages that make this one more useful.

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Editorial Standards

The page that explains how Pocket Shark handles publishable copy and cautious claims.

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Methodology

A good companion page for how the guide uses source material.

Keep the guide offline

Pocket Shark is built as an offline shark field guide for iPhone and iPad, so the same comparisons, glossary notes, and species context can stay with you away from a browser.

Get the field guide on the App Store