News Releases


2018
New Report Shows Most Countries are Falling Short on Commitments to Protect Sharks and Rays

2017
Researchers Discover Critical Clue in the Mystery of Sawfish Mating

2016
Conservationists Welcome Shark & Ray Listings at CITES CoP (10/03/16)
Northwest Atlantic Fishing Countries Take Action for Sharks (9/23/2016)
Support for New Shark and Ray Trade Measures Grows (5/2/16)
New EU Report on Shark Finning Reaffirms Commitment to Strict Rules (4/15/16)
Twenty-two Shark and Ray Species Added to Scope of Global Agreement (2/19/16)
New 10-year Strategy for Protecting Sharks and Rays (02/15/16)

2015
Japan Blocks 4 out of 5 Shark Conservation Proposals (11/17/15)
Progress Toward a Stronger Shark Finning Ban at NAFO (09/28/15)

2014
Atlantic Fishery Managers Fail Sharks Yet Again (11/17/14)
Historic Advances in International Shark and Ray Conservation (11/09/14)
Shark and Skate Conservation Proposals Fail at NAFO (9/26/14)
Global Protection for Rays, Regional Conservation for Sharks (06/11/14)
Endangered Sawfish: IUCN Strategy Released as Global Protection Proposed (06/05/14)

2013
Atlantic Tuna Commission Fails Sharks Again (11/25/13)
EU joins US in Effort to Strengthen Shark Finning Ban Atlantic Tuna Body (11/15/13)
Stronger Shark Finning Ban Clears Final Hurdle in EU (6/6/13)
Shark Finning Loopholes Widened by Atlantic States Commission (3/22/13)

2012
Stronger Shark Finning Ban Endorsed in Landslide EU Vote (11/22/12)
Atlantic Tuna Commission Fails Sharks (11/19/12)
New Study Reveals Alarming Declines in Pacific Shark Populations (10/31/12)
Australia joins effort for shark and ray trade measures (10/11/12)
U.S. and Mexico pursuing shark and ray trade measures (10/5/12)
Dozens of Nations Agree Global Shark Conservation Plan (9/27/12)
Close and Confusing Shark Finning Vote in European Parliament (9/19/12)
Sri Lanka Protects Thresher Sharks (9/3/12)
Shark and Ray Conservation Status Revealed in New Expert Report (8/13/12)
Mixed Results for Sharks at Pacific Tuna Commission Meeting (3/30/12)

2011
Nations Agree to Protect Giant Manta Rays (11/25/11)
Mixed Results for Sharks at Atlantic Tuna Commission Meeting (11/19/11)
Small Steps for Shark and Skate Conservation taken at NAFO (9/23/11)
Big Day in European Shark Conservation (9/21/11)
Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks Declared Overfished in U.S. Atlantic (4/28/11)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Fails Sharks (3/22/11)

2010
Scientists Spotlight Western & Central Pacific Sharks (12/6/10)
Sherman the Shark Takes Stand Against Finning (6/26/10)
Largetooth Sawfish Proposed as Endangered Species (5/7/10)
Shark Advocates International Launches (5/5/10)
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