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Find out moreThe Shark Trust works globally to improve the conservation status of, and to secure a future for, sharks, skates and rays. Advocating for policy changes, we achieve this through science, education, influence and action.
The programmes, partnerships and policy work behind positive change for sharks, skates and rays.
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Sharks have been in our ocean for over 400 million years. Now, the survival of many species is in danger.
Our Oceanics Programme is a wide-ranging advocacy effort which targets the conservation of oceanic sharks and rays.
The Mediterranean Sea is a hotspot of extinction risk for sharks and rays. A complex body of water home to nearly 80 species of shark and ray, of which at least...
We believe in the power of collective action and the value of working with communities to encourage best practices around sharks and rays
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Oceanic sharks and rays have declined 71% over the last 50 years, primarily due to overfishing. Add your voice and together we can call for stronger conservation and fisheries management.
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Squatina squatina Critically Endangered
Scientists have documented leopard sharks (Stegostoma tigrinum) off the coast of Samoa, providing the first verifiable evidence that the species is found in these waters.
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