![]() ![]() To help minimise bycatch, we develop and trial innovative bycatch mitigation solutions such as LED lights or Electro Shield System (ESS). These organisations bring fishing nations together to manage and monitor fish stocks and govern fishing in specific regions of the ocean. In the high seas, where shark and ray fishing takes place beyond the territorial waters of specific countries, we advocate for improved management and conservation measures by the regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs). To protect migratory species and improve cross-border conservation, we also engage in the development of regional action plans, including those in the Coral Triangle, the Northern Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean. We assist governments with the development of National Plans of Action for Sharks and implementation of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species). Our fisheries management work encompasses a wide range of approaches. This list includes seven of the biggest shark fishing nations, which collectively land nearly half of all global reported shark and ray catches (2007-2017). WWF works actively on fisheries management in over 15 different countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Pacific, and Europe. Urgent improvements are needed to reduce illegal, unsustainable, and unregulated practices in existing fisheries that take sharks and rays. ![]() As a consequence, these animals often end up being fished faster than they can reproduce. Up to 100 million sharks and rays are caught each year across the globe, whether on purpose in targeted fisheries or by accident, as bycatch, in fisheries targeting other species. Most fisheries where sharks and rays are caught are unmanaged and for example, lack catch limits. By 2033, we aim for at least 15 more populations to be recovering through this deliberate ripple-effect. To have an impact on a global scale, SARRI has been designed to catalyze a much broader wave of recovery efforts beyond the Initiative itself. Launched in May 2022, SARRI will aim to recover some of the most threatened sharks and rays in their last remaining refuges around the world.īy 2030, SARRI aims to recover at least eight populations of endangered and critically endangered species in some of their last strongholds in the developing world. That is why WWF has partnered with other leading shark and ray conservation experts from Elasmo Project, James Cook University, and Wildlife Conservation Society to form the Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI). While all the ongoing efforts continue, we need to complement them with new, targeted, scalable approaches to proactively recover depleted populations that can be rapidly deployed for multiple species, in multiple places. Tragically, three species may have already gone extinct. Currently, 37% of all 1,200+ shark and ray species are at risk of extinction, including over 90 that are critically endangered. The reality is that current conservation efforts simply cannot keep up with the sheer scale of overfishing that is pushing these animals towards a global extinction crisis. ![]() Although international momentum to conserve sharks and rays is growing, species continue declining en masse and receiving insufficient attention. ![]()
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