While the most significant international Atlantic shark conservation deliberations take place in the autumn, the Shark League works year-round to set the stage for good outcomes at those meetings. We contribute to myriad discussions to promote clear scientific advice, build broad stakeholder support, and maximize fishing nations' capacity to agree and implement effective shark conservation policies. Here's the latest information on our progress.

Intervention    

Shark League Letter to the Honourable Bernadette Jordan Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard

July 17, 2020

Dear Minister: On behalf of the Shark League, a non-profit coalition dedicated to science-based conservation of inherently vulnerable sharks, we write to express our gratitude...

Shark League Letter to Minister Teresa Ribera, Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge

June 9, 2020

 Dear Minister Ribera:  We write to register our concern about the status of mako sharks and to request information on how Spain is implementing its...

ICCAT intervention on mako sharks

November 23, 2019

Delivered on behalf of Shark League members groups and partner NGOs, including Defenders of Wildlife and Oceana Our organizations remain deeply concerned about the dire...

ICCAT intervention on blue sharks

November 23, 2019

The Shark Trust, Ecology Action Centre, The Ocean Foundation, Shark Advocates International, and Defenders of Wildlife thank the European Union for proposing blue shark limits...