Request for Proposals: Economic valuation of the global market for blue shark products and interdependent policy analysis for sustainable management and trade SUBMIT BY 20 DEC 2021 A Nature analysis published in 2021 revealed that three-quarters of oceanic sharks and rays are threatened with extinction. However, functioning global management of shark catch (targeted or as … Read more
Overfishing is threatening a majority of the world’s shark and ray species with extinction, according to a study published in Nature. Shark and ray abundance has been declining over the last 50 years, and fishing pressure – including the global shark fin trade, which kills up to 73 million sharks for their fins each year … Read more
On Tuesday, June 8 – World Oceans Day – the U.S. Senate passed the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (S. 1106), a bill that would ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States. This legislative milestone is a first and was made possible thanks to campaigning by Oceana and our allies. … Read more
Oceanic sharks and rays have declined by at least 71% since 1970, mainly because of overfishing, according to a study published last week in Nature. The study is the first global assessment of its kind, and authors suggest the collapse in shark populations could be even more extreme because of incomplete data and the already … Read more
Great white sharks may be one of the most powerful apex predators of our seas, but they are not invincible. According to new research, great whites are among the one-third of all marine megafauna species that face the risk of extinction over the next century. Under worst-case scenario projections, 62% of shark species would be … Read more
The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted overwhelmingly not to reopen pelagic longline fishing on the west coast of the United States. Pelagic longlining is a harmful fishing method that has been prohibited off the West Coast for decades and that have been to linked excessive bycatch of unintended species including marine mammals, sea turtles, seabirds, … Read more
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to ban the U.S. shark fin trade. The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (H.R. 737), which was introduced by Reps. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (I-M.P.) and Michael McCaul (R-T.X.), was passed by the House Natural Resources Committee in September and was cosponsored by 287 representatives at … Read more
Whale sharks are often called the “gentle giants” of the sea – and for good reason. Though they are the largest fish on Earth, with some individuals growing to the size of a school bus, they snack exclusively on small prey such as plankton, crustaceans and squid. Thanks in part to their remarkable size and … Read more
How is Oceana collaborating with Discovery? Discovery and Oceana are teaming up to help protect sharks threatened by a global shark fin trade that includes fins from as many as 73 million sharks each year. Through campaigns that educate and inspire, Oceana is raising awareness on why healthy oceans need sharks. Funds raised for Oceana … Read more
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