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Good news for sharks at Indian Ocean Tuna Commission meeting
Published on 15 May, 2013 at 3:10 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) 13. May 2013 —————— Gland, Switzerland: WWF welcomes the adoption of key conservation measures for oceanic white-tip sharks, whale sharks and cetaceans following the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) annual meeting last week in Mauritius. IOTC member states agreed on important measures for the management
Coast Guard stops illegal shark fishing near Mexico border
Published on 15 May, 2013 at 2:58 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi 13. May 2013 —————— Coast Guard stops illegal fishing; releases endangered sea turtle and 5 sharks BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An endangered sea turtle and five sharks were released back to the ocean late Sunday night after the Coast Guard spotted Mexicans fishing illegally in U.S. waters, approximately 1
Mississauga Shark Fin By-law Repealed
Published on 11 May, 2013 at 19:23 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Mississauga City Hall 10. May 2013 —————— At this week’s City Council meeting, the City of Mississauga’s Shark Fin By-law 0268-2011 was repealed and is no longer in effect. The repeal of the by-law follows a staff and Council review of an Ontario Superior Court decision involving a similar by-law enacted in the
Final US Catch Limits for Spiny Dogfish for 2013-2015
Published on 5 May, 2013 at 12:02 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Northeast Region Bulletin National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 —————— For information contact: Sustainable Fisheries Division 978-281-9315 Date issued: 04 /30/2013 Spiny Dogfish Fishery SMALL ENTITY COMPLIANCE GUIDE Final 2013 – 2015 Fishery Specifications Effective date: May 1, 2013 NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service has approved final
Maryland shark fin law exempts Spiny Dogfish and Smooth-hound Sharks
Published on 2 May, 2013 at 18:33 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | 2 Comments
Md. Shark Fin Bill Supported by Fishing Interests By WBOC16, 02. May 2013 A shark fin bill passed by Maryland lawmakers is drawing support from fishing and conservation interests. Environmental groups have long pushed for shark fin bans, noting shark populations are being decimated by the practice of finning in which live sharks are left
China ignores CITES Appendix III listing of two shark species
Published on 2 May, 2013 at 13:40 in Conservation & Fishery, Front Page, Shark News, Shark Trade | Viewed times | 6 Comments
According to a CITES Notification to the Parties ( released on 09. April 2013 ), the CITES Secretariat has been informed that, on 26 February 2013, China entered reservations concerning the listing of the porbeagle shark Lamna nasus and the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in Appendix III of the Convention.
Great Hammerhead Sharks Will Be Considered for Endangered Species Act Protection
Published on 27 Apr, 2013 at 3:59 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release WildEarth Guardians 25. April 2013 ———————————— Great Hammerheads Threatened by Commercial Exploitation, “Finning” Washington, DC –National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will consider listing the great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) as “threatened” or “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The agency has made a positive preliminary finding on a petition by WildEarth Guardians
New York Senate Passes Bill Banning Shark Fin Sales
Published on 25 Apr, 2013 at 11:54 in Conservation & Fishery, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, applauded the New York State Senate yesterday for passing a bill that will ban the sale, trade, distribution and possession of shark fins throughout the state.
NOAA seeks comments on proposal to list scalloped hammerhead sharks under ESA
Published on 4 Apr, 2013 at 13:36 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
NOAA’s Fisheries Service, in response to a petition submitted by the WildEarth Guardians and Friends of Animals is proposing to list four populations of scalloped hammerhead sharks under the Endangered Species Act, two as threatened and two as endangered.
House narrowly kills bill to ban shark-fin imports to Canada
Published on 28 Mar, 2013 at 3:59 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
KRISTY KIRKUP / QMI AGENCY , March 27th, 2013 OTTAWA – NDP MP Fin Donnelly said he is disappointed his private member’s bill to ban the importation of shark fins to Canada was killed at second reading Wednesday. “I hope the government will take immediate action to restrict the importation of shark fins to Canada,”
Taiwan: Fisheries Agency’s new rule aims to help shark research
Published on 25 Mar, 2013 at 14:11 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
By Lee I-chia / Taipei Times Staff reporter, 26. March 2013 FACT FISHING: A sudden rise in reports of catches of three shark species has prompted the agency to devise regulations aiming to aid scientific research A new regulation requiring fishing management departments and research laboratories to report the capture of great white sharks,
Mediterranean and Black Sea sharks risk extinction
Published on 14 Mar, 2013 at 13:42 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
Shark populations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea have dropped dramatically over the last two centuries and now risk extinction, with serious implications for the region's entire marine ecosystem and food chains, according to a new FAO study.
California: Fishing Industry Joins Legal Battle Against Shark Fin Ban
Published on 12 Mar, 2013 at 12:41 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
On March 4, 2013 the Sustainable Fisheries Association (SFA), a Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization representing New England Atlantic spiny dogfish shark processors, joined a California legal battle arguing that a state law banning the sale and transport of shark fins is both wasteful and unconstitutional.
UPDATED – CITES Accepts Proposals to Regulate Trade of Seven Shark and Manta Species
Published on 11 Mar, 2013 at 6:35 in Conservation & Fishery, Front Page, Shark News, Shark Trade | Viewed times | 4 Comments
Today, CITES members have voted on four proposals to list five species of sharks ( Oceanic whitetip shark, three hammerhead species, and porbeagle shark ) and two species of Manta rays under Appendix II of the Convention. All proposals have been accepted by meeting the required two-third majority of the votes cast.
Voters on shark conservation facing ‘undue pressure’
Published on 10 Mar, 2013 at 20:24 in Conservation & Fishery | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Delegates at a conservation meeting in Thailand are expected to vote on proposals to extend protection to three vulnerable species of sharks. But campaigners say undue “pressuring” of developing countries could swing Monday’s vote against the ban. China and Japan are said to be using their trade connections to unfairly influence the outcome. Japan denies