ICCAT has before it scientific advice that could lead to groundbreaking catch limits for the world’s most heavily fished oceanic sharks: shortfin mako and blue sharks. If adopted, such measures would prompt the first such limits for European Union fleets (which have the world’s highest landings of these species) and could inspire similar measures on a global scale. Meanwhile, support is growing among ICCAT members for a stronger regional finning ban.
We’re urging ICCAT Parties to agree science-based international fishing limits for shortfin mako and blue sharks, and a ban on removing shark fins at sea.
2023
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- Download our ICCAT 2023 Position Statement
- New Report: Bridging the Gaps tha Hinder Shark Conservation
- ICCAT 2023 NGOs Advocacy Letter
- Information Submitted to the ICCAT Compliance Committee
- 32nd Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee, June 2023: Factsheet
2022
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- Download our Call to Action ICCAT 2022 postcard
2021
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- Most recent ICCAT Interventions
- Download our ICCAT 2021 Position Statement
- Download our ICCAT Factsheet: 2021
- ICCAT 2021 Joint Statement in response to Parties’ Proposal
2020
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- ICCAT 2020 Closing Statement
- ICCAT 2020 Shark League Statement
- Statement to ICCAT Panel 4, Round 2
- Statement to ICCAT Panel 4
- ICCAT 2020 Joint NGO Opening Statement
- Mako Champion Map: A Pledge and Path to Save Endangered Mako Sharks
2019
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- ICCAT 2019 intervention on mako sharks
- ICCAT 2019 intervention on blue sharks
- Download our ICCAT factsheet: ICCAT 2019, Make or Break Time for Makos
- Download our ICCAT narrative: ICCAT 2019, The Global Ocean Movement & Mako Sharks
- Download our ICCAT factsheet: Priority Actions for Sharks
- Download our ICCAT factsheet: Shark Conservation Progress & Priorities
- Download our ICCAT factsheet: Make time for Makos