Ocean Sentry
However, a date for the ban has not yet been announced. China’s biggest shipping and logistics company, Cosco, says it is planning to implement a ban on the transport of shark fins. The new policy was announced in a letter to the Hong Kong branch of the U.S. wildlife conservation group WildAid…
July, 2016
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21 July
Sabah tourist Island Mabul turns bloody with floating dead sharks
Shocking pictures of dead sharks in bloody waters of Mabul Island, Sabah, had emerged online, causing uproar by environmentalists. Facebook user Chung Wui Tang who had visited a village in the small island shared several pictures of the gory site of sharks who have had their fins removed, while natives continue …
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20 July
South Africa’s great white sharks on verge of extinction
South Africa’s great white shark population is heading for extinction‚ with only between 350 and 530 of the famed predators left in South African waters. That’s the bleak assessment of a team of researchers from Stellenbosch University‚ who presented their findings on Wednesday morning at a press conference in Cape Town…
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18 July
It’s official: ‘Butanding’ an endangered species
There’s bad news for the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), an iconic marine animal frequently spotted in Philippine waters and known locally as butanding. Now listed as “endangered” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, this gentle giant has slipped one step closer to extinction, …
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8 July
Activists raise alarm after Hong Kong customs seize 880kg haul of banned shark fins
Hong Kong customs seized a huge haul of banned shark fins on Tuesday in a bust that suggests the global trade is continuing apace despite major airlines recently banning shipments. Endangered hammerhead shark fins weighing 880kg – the city’s second largest haul on record – were discovered on a vessel arriving …
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7 July
Fishermen shoot basking rays at point-blank range for fun
Brutal video footage of ‘fishermen’ shooting basking rays at point-blank range with barbed arrows fired from powerful bows has sparked outrage. The footage shows the gentle cownose rays dying slow and painful deaths after being harpooned with ‘bowhunting’ weapons off the coast of Maryland, USA. After being pulled from the water they …
June, 2016
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23 June
Hong Kong airlines Cathay Pacific and Dragonair impose total ban on carriage of shark fin
Hong Kong’s flagship airline has finally bowed to public pressure by slapping a blanket ban on shark fin being carried on any of its planes. But Cathay Pacific, the city’s biggest carrier, and its sister airline Dragonair have left the door open to a possible U-turn by saying the new policy …
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23 June
Thousands of sharks slaughtered simply for their fins to use in expensive soup
Horrific images show thousands of dead sharks piled up on a market floor in Indonesia as workers hack off their fins. Sharks of all sizes were photographed at the Karngsong fish auction on June 21, in Indramayu, in Indonesia’s West Java Province. The country is one of the world’s largest shark catchers …
January, 2016
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26 January
Study finds shark hotspots overlap with commercial fishing locations
A new study from an international team of scientists found commercial fishing vessels target shark hotspots, areas where sharks tend to congregate, in the North Atlantic. The researchers suggest that sharks are at risk of being overfished in these oceanic hotspots….
November, 2015
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13 November
Sharks’ hunting ability destroyed under climate change
The hunting ability and growth of sharks will be dramatically impacted by increased CO2 levels and warmer oceans expected by the end of the century, a University of Adelaide study has found.
October, 2015
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2 October
Shark culling and overfishing may be contributing to climate change
New research has found that sharks play an important role in preventing climate change, warning that overfishing and culling sharks is resulting in more carbon being released from the seafloor…
September, 2015
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7 September
Sharks in Mediterranean in danger of extinction because of trade in fins, data shows
A large percentage of the shark species in Europe and the Mediterranean are in danger of extinction, and not enough is being done to save them, according to figures presented this week during an international convention on trade in wild animals and plants, held in Tel Aviv…