Shark Advocates
@sharkadvocates
A non-profit project of The Ocean Foundation dedicated to advancing science-based conservation of sharks & rays. Tweets by founder, Sonja Fordham.
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Next up at #AES23 #JMIH23 is “estimating the composition of global shark and Ray fisheries” by Chris Mull The global shark meat market is worth $2.6 billion, nearly twice as much as the value of fins, according to the “uncovering the global shark meat project”
This #SharkAwarenessDay, we're at the annual Elasmobranch Society meeting marking key milestones in 🇺🇸 Atlantic shark/ray conservation: * 30 years of shark fishery management * 20 years of limits on 7 species of NE skates * 20 years since smalltooth sawfish ESA listing #JMIH23 #AES23
Fieldwork underway in Tarakan, North Kalimantan. Urogymnus polylepis and sawfish on the local knowledge survey menu, and as always, and eye being kept out for Glyphis sp. Save Our Seas Andrew Chin 🐀 #ratified Our trip is being facilitated by Borneo University
Meeting with our 🦈 friends from the Shark League in 🇪🇬 over 28th Commission Meeting of #ICCAT, where we hope to see positive outcomes for #blue sharks, #whale sharks, #mantas & mobulids this year 🤞 @sharkleague @sharkAdvocates The Shark Trust Ecology Action Centre (EAC)