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RFP: Blue Shark Valuation and Policy Analysis
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
Watch: Why sharks face an ‘exceptionally high risk of extinction’
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
CEO Note: The U.S. came one step closer to ending the shark fin trade on World Oceans Day
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
CEO Note: Sharks in catastrophic decline – U.S. Congress needs to take critical action to save sharks now
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
Watch: More than half of all shark species could go extinct in a century
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
