David Roe from Project Aware informed us of some amazing steps for sharks which have been taken in the past week as a result of everyone's hard work during the Big Shark Shout Out Week!
On November 22nd the European Commission announced 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.
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| Port Jackson Shark at Shelly Beach |
These are important steps forward in the work to protect threatened and vulnerable shark species.
If you would like to read more about it head to the following link-
A big thank you to everyone who signed Dive Centre Manly's Shark Petition - a little goes along way in protecting this amazing species!
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