was concluded that landings declined by eighty-six percent during this particular time period. Apart from landings data collected in India, data collected for whitespotted wedgefishes is available from Indonesia that was recorded from 2005 to 2015. Though it is possible that this dataset indicated a large majority of giant guitarfishes, the trends of the data can be considered representative of glaucostegids as well as rhinids. During this time period, landings declined by over eighty-eight percent, which is equivalent to a ninety-nine percent or greater population reduction over the last three generations of the giant guitarfish (approximately forty-five years). However, one of the most crucial data points obtained in 2016 was excluded from this particular analysis. The compiled data in 2016 indicated a drastic increase in reported landings which may suggest an even greater decrease in the species. The one region where the giant guitarfish may be more stable than the other areas would be Australia, where fishing effort is relatively low and conservation efforts are utilized more. Turtle exclusion devices are specialized devices that promote sea turtle conservation by addressing interactions between sea turtles and trawl fishing gear. These devices not only benefit the sea turtles in the surrounding areas, but also benefit the species of rays and guitarfish as well. They've demonstrated to reduce catches by ninety-four percent and there are controls on their catch and retention. Estimates of fishing mortality rates in the Northern Prawn Fishery for similar species are well below those that would ultimately lead to significant population declines. From this, the giant guitarfish remains a common inshore and coastal batoid of northern Australia. Fishing pressure is exceptionally high across the range of this species, and although the collected datasets are outside the range of the giant guitarfish, they can be considered representative of the population reduction for the species throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands provide sufficient conservation for the species, but the proportion of this region compared to the global range isn't adequate to substantially lower the assessment. From a global perspective, its inferred that the giant guitarfish species has undergone over an eighty percent population reduction over the last three generations and why the species is labeled as critically endangered. Threats On a global perspective, giant guitarfishes are subject to intense fishing pressure on their coastal and shelf habitats, which are unregulated across the majority of