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Unprecedented international effort to prevent shark finning blocked by Japan & China. ICCAT meeting ends in dramatic defeat of proposal to end at-sea fin removal while other shark safeguards advance […]
EC commits to further action to stop shark finning trade. The European Commission is responding to the European citizens’ initiative ‘Stop finning – Stop the trade’ asking the Commission for action to end […]
Europêche welcomes EC’s stance against shark finning. The European Commission has published its Communication in response to the citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Stop Finning — Stop the trade’. The campaign aims […]
Canadian Government bans shark finning. The Canadian Government is banning the practice of shark finning in a bid to protect dwindling stocks. Last week the Canadian Minister of Fisheries, Oceans […]
Decline in shark finning in tuna fishery. New data shows a continuing decline in the number of shark finning incidents occurring in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) purse […]
Observer call on boats to halt illegal shark finning. The discovery of illegal shark finning in the Great Barrier Reef shows why independent observers need to be on boats to […]
Shark conservation advances at international Atlantic tuna conference. Fishing nations agree to protect basking and white sharks, cut mako quotas, and improve compliance process. After a record number of proposals […]
Mission finds illegal harvesting of shark fins and ‘dark vessels’ in North Pacific. Recently, the fishery officers and crew of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sir Wilfrid Laurier made a safe return […]
EC public consultation on shark conservation. The European Commission has published a questionnaire seeking the feedback from the public on policy options to better protect and manage sharks and related marine ecosystems. […]
EC calls for evidence on a potential ban on sales and trade of loose shark fins. The European Commission has published a call for evidence seeking views and expertise on […]
Atlantic manta ray and blue shark conservation advances under UK leadership. EU promotes whale shark protection and risky blue shark quotas as Japan blocks finning measure. The Shark League member groups […]
New shark conservation report launched at Atlantic tuna meeting targets troublesome gaps. Analysis details problems and recommends remedies for aligning nations’ commitments and actions. A new Shark League gap analysis […]
Sharks and North Pacific albacore tuna—some of the ocean’s top predators—won new protections from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). The actions marked conservation successes for the U.S. delegation, who helped negotiate […]
North Pacific managers adopt much-needed fisheries reforms, shark conservation effort. The annual meeting of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) ended with an important agreement to reform transshipment monitoring and […]
First international mako shark quota adopted. Fishery managers agree ground-breaking safeguards for CITES-listed, South Atlantic population. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) today agreed the world’s […]
Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation are seeking public feedback on a new plan of action for the conservation of sharks. The draft National Plan of Action Sharks […]
Endangered mako sharks get a break. International fishery managers agree to historic yet potentially short-term North Atlantic ban. Conservationists are heralding a hard-fought ban on retention of North Atlantic shortfin […]
Make or break for endangered Atlantic mako sharks. International tuna fishery managers resume negotiations that could result in overdue, historic protection. Conservationists are focused this week on the annual meeting […]
Colombian authorities confiscate large shipment of shark fins. Colombian police say they confiscated thousands of shark fins that the smugglers wanted to smuggle into Hong Kong. Shark fin is a […]
Shark Awareness Day – From Jaws to Shark Week: How Much Do You Know About Sharks? On Shark Awareness Day, Learn Why We Need to Protect Them. Feared and respected […]
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