The success of conservation treaty agreements relies on proper implementation by international authorities and at the national level by key Parties.
The 27th Regular Meeting of The International Commission For The Conservation Of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – 15-23 Nov – is the fifth consecutive annual meeting during which Parties will grapple with ICCAT scientists’ advice for reversing the dangerous decline of North Atlantic shortfin mako sharks.
Conservation action to prevent collapse of the exceptionally slow growing, seriously overfished North Atlantic shortfin mako population is long overdue and increasingly urgent.
Continue reading ICCAT 2021: Shark League Position Statement
Download our factsheet on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Committee on Fisheries, Thirty-third Session (9-13 July 2018, Rome, Italy)
