Legacy: Sharks

Upon the eve of World Oceans Day celebration, Oceana, the international organisation dedicated to the protection of the world’s oceans, strongly supports the definitive listing of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The … Read more

Oceana, la organización internacional dedicada a conservar y proteger los océanos, ha investigado durante un año las pesquerías y el comercio de tiburones de Europa en todo el mundo. Los resultados se irán publicando durante el verano y otoño en una serie de informes científicos, con el objetivo de arrojar luz sobre esta pesquería no … Read more

London: A new scientific report published today (17th May) concludes that the EU ban on shark  finning —  slicing off a shark’s fins and dumping the body at sea — is not effective. “Strengthening European Fisheries Management: Options for Enforcing the Shark Finning Ban” is the culmination of an expert workshop examining European shark fisheries, … Read more

In contrast, the Portuguese government has provided Oceana with all of the information requested regarding its fleet. Oceana, the international marine conservation organization, has expressed its disappointment with the Spanish General Secretary of Marine Fisheries’ (GSMF) denial to supply the list of Spanish fishing boats to which the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food has … Read more

The international marine research and conservation organization, Oceana, is dissatisfied by the lack of any catch limit or management plan for the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) in Council Regulation (EC) Nº 41/2006, which fixes the 2007 fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks. Despite scientific advice to end directed fisheries for porbeagle, no EU catch limitations … Read more

Brussels: The Shark Alliance is applauding today’s decision by European Union Member States to support Germany’s proposals to provide protection for spiny dogfish sharks (Squalus acanthias) and porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus) under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Following debate at the European Commission’s CITES Committee, the proposals received the qualified majority … Read more

Two species of sharks, whose meat is highly valued for consumption in Europe, have another chance at being protected, after recent proceedings in international fora and the European Union have failed at achieving this, despite the scientific recommendations to do so. The spurdog (or, spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias) is a small coastal shark that has … Read more

In a letter addressed to the ruling Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Party, or PSOE) and to the main opposition force, the Partido Popular (People’s Party, or PP), Oceana, the international marine conservation organisation, requests answers for the recent proposals by their Members of the European Parliament (MEP) to increase shark fin removal, and … Read more

Responding to the new report from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) issued today, the Shark Alliance, a coalition of NGOs dedicated to science-based conservation of sharks said: “It’s there in black and white.  The serial depletion of sharks must stop and stop now”. The Report details the dangerous depletion of … Read more

The Shark Alliance today welcomed the European Parliament’s decision to replace recommendations to further weaken already flawed shark finning regulations with calls for much needed improvements to the rules. “We are pleased that the European Parliament has changed course on shark policy by replacing reckless recommendations with those based in science,” said Sonja Fordham, Shark … Read more