Two important steps for sharks have been taken in the past
48 hours as a result of all our hard work, lobbying, shouting and petition
signing!
European fishing fleets play a major role in shark fishing
worldwide with a number of loopholes in legislation which have long threatened
sharks not just in European waters but globally too. We’ve been battling this
issue for the past few years and you’ve signed petitions to help us get there!
Thank you.
On Monday, the European Commission announced two
measures:
• Announcement of the long awaited proposal for
closing the loopholes in the European Union’s ban on shark finning;
and
•
The European Union has become a signatory to the United Nations Convention on
Migratory Species (CMS) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Sharks
These are some significant and important steps in Project
AWARE’s work to protect threatened and vulnerable shark species.
For those interested you can see the full stories
at:
You can also find translated versions on the conservation tab
on buddy blog.
In 2012 we’ll be pushing harder than ever before for our goal
to secure threatened shark species on the Appendix II of the Convention in
International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) before the next CITES meeting
in Thailand in 2013.
And we’ll be pushing EU Member States to agree to the
proposal for a strong, loophole free EU finning ban.
For now – thank you to everyone who has supported Project
AWARE’s goals so far.
Matteo (Teo) will be replacing Terry Johnson and Peter Driessel as Regional Manager for these areas. These
changes form part of EMEA’s future development in this region. Terry and Peter congratulated
Teo on his appointment but expressed their sadness at leaving so many friends and
colleagues, and had absolute confidence in Teo’s ability to strengthen PADI
support to these regions still further.
A warm welcome to Teo!!!!!!!!
