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Ireland: Basking shark gets status of ‘protected wild animal’ under the Wildlife Act
Published on 6 Oct, 2022 at 5:21 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Ireland) 02 October 2022 — — — —- — — Ministers Noonan and McConalogue announce that the Basking Shark has been given the status of ‘protected wild animal’ under the Wildlife Act Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, and Minister for Agriculture,
New Zealand: Feedback sought on action plan to protect sharks
Published on 4 Aug, 2022 at 17:34 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Media Release Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand 02 August 2022 — — — — — — Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation are seeking public feedback on a new plan of action for the conservation of sharks. The draft National Plan of Action Sharks 2022 (NPOA-Sharks 2022) sets out directions for the
Europêche rejects Panama’s proposal to include blue shark in CITES Appendix II
Published on 30 May, 2022 at 15:09 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Europêche Brussels, 26 May 2022 — — — — — — • Blue sharks are sustainably managed by international fisheries management bodies (RFMOs) and protected thanks to strong fins-attached policies and catch documentation schemes.• Blue sharks harvested by Europeans are in healthy conditions across the oceans and are not subject to illegal trade.
CITES Proposal submitted to protect all sharks in the family Carcharhinidae
Published on 30 May, 2022 at 14:33 in Conservation & Fishery, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
NOTIFICATION TO THE PARTIES No. 2022/043 Geneva, 30 May 2022 CONCERNING:Proposals to amend Appendices I and IIConsultation with range States 1. This Notification is being published at the request of Panama 2. Panama has submitted a proposal, for consideration of the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to the Secretariat to include the
Federal Fishery Managers Continue Reducing Impacts to Protected Species in the Pacific
Published on 29 May, 2022 at 14:07 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council 24 May 2022 —- —- —- —- — Federal Fishery Managers Continue Reducing Impacts to Protected Species in the Pacific with Required Gear Change HONOLULU (24 May 2022) An industry-led conservation measure to reduce impacts to oceanic whitetip sharks is the latest example in a long history
Proposed Changes to Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark Retention Limits
Published on 10 Apr, 2022 at 10:41 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Draft Environmental Assessment,Regulatory Impact Review, and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Rule to Modify the Retention Limit for Shortfin Mako Sharks United States Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Marine Fisheries ServiceOffice of Sustainable FisheriesHighly Migratory Species Management Division April 8, 2022 ABSTRACT: This proposed action is necessary to implement bindingrecommendations of the
UAE: Seasonal Ban on Shark Fishing, Trade on March 1
Published on 2 Mar, 2022 at 4:20 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) 28 February 2022 — — — — — — — — Ministry of Climate Change and Environment to Commence Seasonal Ban on Shark Fishing, Trade on March 1 The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) will impose an annual fishing and trade ban on sharks
Hawaii: Shark fishing ban goes into effect January 1
Published on 2 Jan, 2022 at 5:38 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Division of Aquatic Resources, Hawaii — —- —- —- — —- — A bill passed by the 2021 State Legislature banning shark fishing will take effect January 1, 2022. Act 51 (House Bill 553) makes it illegal to knowingly capture, entangle, or kill a shark in state marine waters. The new law applies
ICCAT agreed a new conservation measure for the North Atlantic shortfin mako shark
Published on 24 Nov, 2021 at 12:06 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 23. November 2021 — — — — — — Closure of the 27th Regular meeting of the Commission The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial problems throughout 2020 and 2021, with several of the Contracting Parties and Cooperating Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities of the
UK Government to introduce world-leading ban on shark fin trade
Published on 21 Aug, 2021 at 11:18 in Conservation & Fishery, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairsand The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith 15 August 2021 — — — — — — — The UK will ban the import and export of detached shark fins and products containing them. Import and export of detached shark fins banned to promote shark conservation World-leading trade
Canadian Company Fined for Import of Silky Shark Fins
Published on 20 May, 2021 at 12:45 in Conservation & Fishery, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Government of Canada 19. May 2021 — — — — — — — — — British Columbia-based trading company fined $60,000 for illegal import of 434 kg of fins from a threatened shark species The Government of Canada is committed to protecting Canadian and foreign species of wild animals and plants that may
Media Statement on concerns around potential amendments to the shark ban in the Maldives
Published on 28 Apr, 2021 at 15:46 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture Male’, Republic of Maldives 20. April 2021 — — — — — — — — Following serious concerns regarding the status of shark stocks in Maldivian waters, as well as the Indian Ocean in general, the Maldives adopted the Precautionary Approach and imposed a ban on
UAE: Seasonal Ban on Shark Fishing and Trade
Published on 28 Feb, 2021 at 13:10 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release United Arab EmiratesMinistry of Climate Change and Environment 24. February 2021 — — — — — — — — Ministry of Climate Change and Environment to Commence Seasonal Ban on Shark Fishing, Trade on March 1 The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) will impose the annual fishing and trade ban on
Shark fins: Call for evidence on protecting endangered shark species launches
Published on 8 Dec, 2020 at 11:19 in Conservation & Fishery, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs The Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith 06. December 2020 — — — — — — — — — — — Government launches call for evidence on shark fin trade to look at the impact of stricter controls Greater protections for species of sharks will be
ICCAT negotiations on mako sharks
Published on 24 Nov, 2020 at 13:54 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release DefraUK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 19. November 2020 —- —- —- —- —- —- The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 2020 fishery management negotiations are currently taking place by correspondence. The UK has co-sponsored a proposal alongside Canada and Senegal which would provide greater protections for