New Shark Conservation Report Launched at Atlantic Tuna Meeting Targets Troublesome Gaps perishablenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from perishablenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Shark catastrophe points to failure to enact global biodiversity agreements
by Anna Nordseth on 19 April 2021
A high-profile study published in Nature found a 70% decline in shark and ray populations over the last half century.
Like many other taxonomic groups, shark and ray declines are driven by human actions in this case, overfishing by commercial fisheries.
Experts are calling for a retention ban by the EU to prevent to collapse of threatened shark populations.
A near-sharkless open ocean could soon be a reality, according to Nathan Pacoureau, a postdoctoral researcher in the Earth to Ocean Research Group at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Pacoureau and an international research team recently detected a 70% decline in shark and ray populations over the last 50 years. This study, published in
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The shortfin mako shark is a step closer to listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) as the Biden Administration prepares for international negotiations on protecting the exceptionally depleted North Atlantic population. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today announced its 90-day finding that a Defenders of Wildlife petition presents substantial information indicating ESA listing may be warranted. NMFS will commence a comprehensive status review at the same time that the agency considers its 2021 stance on a science-based international North Atlantic shortfin mako ban that has been stalled for years, due largely to U.S. opposition.
Shortfin Mako Shark Clears Hurdle Toward U S Endangered Species List prnewswire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prnewswire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.