Shark Conservation Fund
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SCF is a collaboration of philanthropists dedicated to restoring ocean health through sweeping shark and ray conservation.
Joined June 2018
Big news! The #SharkConservationFund has been making waves in global conservation of #SharksAndRays since 2016. 🦈✨ Our newly updated Investment Strategy will pave the way for another 5️⃣ historic years of #SharkConservation progress. Stay tuned for exciting updates!
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History was made at #CITESCoP20 - all seven shark and ray proposals officially adopted, turning the tide for the ocean’s most vulnerable species.🦈🌊 Thank you the the champion governments for making this landmark moment happen. @TheWCS @ifawglobal Infographics by WCS
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Research from #Indonesia suggests that #mantarays may ingest up to 63 pierces of plastic per hour, and #whalesharks up to 137. As filter feeders, these species are exceptionally vulnerable to plastic pollution. Read more:
marinemegafauna.org
Plastic pollution has a tremendous impact on marine life – and reef manta rays and whale sharks are not spared from it. These large filter-feeders swallow hundreds to thousands of cubic meters of...
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Governments at @cites #CoP20 will soon decide the fate of #whalesharks, #mantas & other sharks and rays threatened by trade. Decisions made here will ripple far beyond these animals, shaping the future of entire marine ecosystems and the people and cultures that rely on them.
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The @CITES #Cop20 has kicked off in Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Curious about the conference and what it means for sharks? Listen to: https://t.co/MFJe8YccUP
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Critically endangered #Hammerheads are hard to study due to their low numbers and poor catch survival. A new environmental DNA test can detect them without catching or disturbing them, a useful tool for their conservation. Learn more: https://t.co/1CgNJtg1nH
news.fiu.edu
The revolutionary tool uncovers where small hammerhead sharks still survive — and how science could save them.
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When gulper shark #fisheries last operated in the #Maldives, the population collapsed by over 90% in just a few years. Despite no evidence these deep-sea sharks have recovered, the Maldives just reopened a #gulpershark fishery after 14 years of protection. #SavetheSanctuary:
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Markets are still selling fins from iconic #sharks and #rays. How can @CITES #CoP20 deliver the protections these species need? Learn more: https://t.co/elNhRgzk0j
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With SCF support, @MWWPhilippines empowered six emerging researchers to lead new studies on sharks & rays across the Philippines - advancing science, informing policy, and building lasting conservation capacity.🦈 📸: 18th National Symposium on Marine Science (PAMS18)
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Despite over a decade of international protections, a widespread illegal trade in CITES-listed sharks remains, a new WCS co-authored study reveals. Upcoming #CITESCoP20 provides an opportunity to address. Read more: https://t.co/i5HS9mOHm2
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#GreatWhiteSharks dominate the seas… until #Orcas arrive. The #Moctezuma pod in the Gulf of California flips juvenile white sharks upside down into tonic immobility and then eats their livers. Learn more: https://t.co/mUvJuj8Tsd
frontiersin.org
Specialist shark-hunting pod paralyzes young white sharks to eat their energy-rich livers, taking advantage of local shark nursery
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Mining the Deep-Sea Could Further Threaten Endangered #Sharks and Rays | By @ECAlberts for @MongabayOrg Luke Warwick agreed that deep-sea mining introduced the risk of metal accumulation and metal toxicity. https://t.co/2wDrDTJzie
@WCSsharks #conservation #bioaccumulation
news.mongabay.com
New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes,...
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International trade protections from @CITES have proven valuable to helping sharks and rays in the past. The upcoming #CITESCoP20 meeting is a major opportunity to make further progress. https://t.co/i35XpGZFoW
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Yesterday was International Basking Shark Day, belated celebrations from the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group! © IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group and Eloisa Pinheiro
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‼️Giant manta off the coast of New York and New Jersey. About 10 feet across. A team of WCS scientists from @nyaquarium recently spotted it on a research trip to #HudsonCanyon. Help us protect it: https://t.co/JI4nMrDnFQ
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Halloween tomorrow & #InternationalGhostSharkDay today 👻🎃 Let’s meet some spooky deep-sea sharks: Ghost🦈: Not true sharks - chimaeras! Greenland🦈: Longest-living vertebrates Sixgill🦈: Ancient, 6 gill slits Sevengill🦈: Also ancient, 7 gills Frilled🦈: "Living fossils"
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While long overdue, Mexico’s new bans on retaining threatened Atlantic sharks finally bring their national policy in line with international conservation commitments - a welcome step toward stronger action for these vulnerable species. 🦈🌎 https://t.co/YuFgMF6iNU 📸: Ocean
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