In
early 2013, the
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) submitted petitions to
the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to list the Northwest
Atlantic populations of dusky shark and great hammerhead shark as
"threatened" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Later
that year, the NMFS concluded that a listing may be warranted for both NW
Atlantic and global populations of dusky and great hammerhead sharks,
and has since been conducting status reviews for each species to
decide whether to formally propose a listing.
Recently, however, the NMFS made the disappointing decision not to list the Great Hammerhead, despite this species being listed as “Endangered” by the IUCN and listed on appendix II of CITES.
Click here to view a dusky shark fact sheet prepared by the NRDC
While awaiting the NMFS's decision on dusky sharks, Support Our
Sharks has joined forces with WWF, WildAid and others to encourage
their listing. Thanks to the NRDC's hard work at bringing some
of the world’s top conservation groups together to lobby for better
protection, we are hopeful for a positive outcome for dusky sharks.
Click
below to view our joint submission to the NMFS.
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