Source: EFE verde
Rabat, 21 nov (EFE).- La Comisión Internacional para la Conservación del Atún Atlántico (ICCAT, en sus siglas en inglés) aprobó hoy aumentar algo más de 4.000 toneladas anuales de atún rojo para el Atlántico Este y el Mediterráneo desde el año próximo y hasta 2020, para alcanzar las 36.000 toneladas anuales.
Continue reading La cuota de pesca de atún rojo subirá 4.000 toneladas anuales hasta 2020
Protecting Shortfin Mako Sharks
Our organizations are focused this year on the dire status of shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus), particularly in the North Atlantic, revealed through the recent assessment by the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS). We are encouraged to see several proposals to begin addressing serious overexploitation. At the same time, we are disappointed that none so far match the SCRS advice, which centers around — with unprecedented clarity — a complete prohibition on retention as a first, immediate step.
Continue reading Joint Opening Statement – ICCAT 25th Regular Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco
Source: Europress
La Shark League, coalición dedicada a la conservación responsable de los tiburones defiende una prohibición de las retenciones de tiburón mako en el Atlántico Norte (basada en recomendaciones científicas) y en el Atlántico Sur (basada en el enfoque preventivo), al considerar que estas dos medidas conformarían “un primer paso hacia una conservación efectiva de la especie”. Así lo ha exigido la organización con motivo de la reunión anual de la Comisión Internacional para la Conservac …
What: Annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) where representatives from Atlantic fishing nations will discuss proposals for measures to better prevent shark finning and to protect shortfin mako sharks from overfishing.
When and where: Tuesday 14th to 22nd November 2017 Marrakech, Morocco.
Why it’s important: Sharks are among the most vulnerable animals taken in high seas fisheries targeting tuna and swordfish, and are yet seriously under-protected. There are no international limits on the most valuable high seas shark species (shortfin mako); the North Atlantic population has just been assessed as depleted. ICCAT’s weak finning ban is out of line with best practice. Overfishing and waste of sharks has negative ecological and economic effects. ICCAT has the ability to set the standard for shark safeguards of 50 countries and the European Union. ICCAT action on makos and finning would set important precedent for other oceans.
Continue reading MEDIA ADVISORY: SHARKS & ICCAT #MakeTime4Makos
NGOs Highlight Opportunities to Take Concrete Shark Conservation Actions
Continue reading United Nations Wildlife Treaty Outcomes for Sharks and Rays
Conservationists Urge CMS Parties to Heed Scientists’ Advice for Atlantic Fishing Ban
Continue reading Imperiled Mako Sharks Get Spotlight at UN Wildlife Conference
Several Northwest Atlantic shark and ray (elasmobranch) populations under the purview of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization’s (NAFO)are in a precarious state and in need of domestic and international safeguards. Two representatives of the Shark League for the Atlantic and Mediterranean attended the 39th annual meeting of NAFO in Montreal, Canada this September to advocate on behalf of these species and lay the groundwork for conservation action in 2018.
Continue reading Respecting our Greenland Shark Elders and Elevating Skates at NAFO