Shark Trust –with support from The Ocean Foundation, Shark Advocates International (a project of The Ocean Foundation), Ecology Action Centre, Project AWARE, Humane Society International, Shark Project, and Defenders of Wildlife –appreciates this opportunity to express our views regarding our top priority for the 2021 ICCAT Panel 4 intersessional meeting: shortfin mako shark protection.
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Source: Dive News Wire
The PADI AWARE Foundation™ is working with PADI® Dive Centers, Resorts and Professionals in Brazil and South Africa to encourage the public to rally their respective governments in support of mako shark fishing bans in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Press Release available in French and Spanish
Brussels. 20 May 2021. 41 Members of European Parliament (MEPs) are calling on the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, to ensure EU support for protecting endangered shortfin mako sharks through the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). In a letter sent today, in preparation for upcoming ICCAT negotiations, the MEPs request that the EU stop blocking and begin supporting a mako retention ban long recommended by scientists to save the North Atlantic population.
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Here you can find the third issue of the EU Shark Rally Newsletter. It’s great to see everyone’s continued efforts to #Rally4Makos! Whilst we look to countries beyond the EU to re-confirm their support for Atlantic makos, we encourage you to keep voicing your support and calling on your Fisheries Ministry to follow the science and declare your country as an EU mako champion.
Here you can find the second issue of the EU Shark Rally Newsletter containing #Rally4Makos latest updates, and why this endangered shark so urgently needs us to speak up before the ICCAT 14 May deadline and upcoming negotiations.