Tá muid ag glacadh achoimrithe ó disciplín eagsula, idir gach uile rud eolaíocht, bainistíocht, cultúr. Seol bhur chuid achoimrithe chuig muid go dtí 15 Bealtaine anseo: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

NEW PUBLICATION ALERT: Turning the tide for sharks: Important Shark and Ray Areas Read online as FirstView in Oryx: doi.org/10.1017/S003... #shark #ray #chimaera #marine #conservation @rewildorg.bsky.social

World Seagrass Day 2025. This year's theme is "Nurturing the Oceans' Lifelines: Seagrass" Seagrass meadows are vital components of marine ecosystems. They serve as critical habitats, supporting a diverse array of marine life, including various species of sharks and rays.

Training day 3…complete! Full carcass and dried product ID guides by @elasmoproject.bsky.social and Debra Abercrombie distributed to those involved in stopping 🇱🇰 #CITES listed #shark and ray trade. Interested? Get your copy here 👇 @wcs.org citessharks.org/resources #sharkconservation #Cefas

Training day 3 afternoon: fins, skins and gill plates! Dried product ID theory & practice by @elasmoproject.bsky.social and Blue Resources Trust in action here in 🇱🇰. 30 attendees trained in ID of #CITES listed #sharks🦈 and rays ✔️ 👏 #sharkconservation #illegalwildlifetrade #OCPP #Cefas

Training day 2 and it’s off to customs HQ here in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 with @elasmoproject.bsky.social leading ID training in #CITES listed #sharks and rays. 30 attendees from customs, coastguard & govt. agencies all put through their paces with the theory before the practical tomorrow.. #sharkconservation

Training day 3 morning: theory into practice with @elasmoproject.bsky.social and Blue Resources Trust at 4:30am in Negombo 🇱🇰- lots of mobulids and some #sharks 🦈 being ID’d by trainees #sharkconservation #illegalwildlifetrade #OCPP #Cefas

OPEN CALL for Sharks International 2026 proposals for keynote speakers, themed sessions and panels, workshops, and side events 📢 🦈 Please submit proposals via: forms.gle/9EiKJVncMoa7... Deadline: 15th March 2025

Manta And Devil Rays Face Rising Trade Threats Despite Decade Of Global Protections A recent study from The Manta Trust calls for stricter enforcement and an uplisting to CITES Appendix I to protect these vulnerable species from overexploitation. www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...

This week in the Seychelles @thewcs.bsky.social helped organize + facilitate a workshop for multiple Government depts, researchers + NGO's. The key aim - to identify the steps needed for the Seychelles to implement its international shark+ray conservation obligations under CITES, CMS and RFMO's:

And most importantly, thanks to @iucnshark.bsky.social and @elasmoproject.bsky.social for making this happen almost 20 years after this was done the first time (www.iucnssg.org/uploads/5/4/...). It shows just how much work has been done on sharks and their relatives in that period.

BREAKING: The IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group has released a new report on the global conservation status of sharks and their relatives. portals.iucn.org/library/node...

The IUCN SSC SSG was established to respond to growing awareness and concern of the severe impact of fisheries on shark, ray, and chimaera populations globally. The SSG is recognized as the leading authority on the status of these species, using science to support actions for conservation.