🌊🧬Our new preprint on population genetics of bowmouth guitarfish in the Northwest Indian Ocean led by Marja Kipperman with Blue Resources Trust Rima Jabado Julia Spaet Alifa Haque

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Thanks to Save Our Seas and Shark Conservation Fund for supporting this work.

🚨New study funded by #SharkConservationFund reveals alarming #extinction risk for deep sea sharks & rays🦈

Vulnerable to exploitation due to long lifespans & slow reproduction rates, #deepsea sharks need specific fishing regulations to safeguard them ⬇️
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WNPS MARINE CHATS

DIMINISHING RAY OF HOPE
 
By Daniel Fernando
 
Saturday 16th March 2024 at 10am at WNPS Head Office

Please WhatsApp your name to 071 664 6664 to register.

Daniel Fernando Blue Resources Trust

Yesterday at #CMSCOP14 I addressed the Committee-of-the-Whole to briefly highlight some synergies between Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the #BBNJ Agreement. Looking forward to Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea side event tomorrow that will go into more detail.

#HighSeasTreaty

Pic by Earth Negotiations Bulletin kiara worth 🙏

The Defra UK funded Ocean Country Partnership Programme marine biodiversity team have been running workshops with Blue Resources Trust & the Dept of Wildlife Conservation to gather government & local stakeholder input on five 🇱🇰 Sri Lankan #MarineProtectedAreas #BluePlanetFund 🧵

Seagrasses disappearing fast vital ecosystems vanishing like a football field every 30 min. They capture carbon 35x faster than rainforests! Our Blue Resources Trust made a tri-lingual poster for World Seagrass Day 2023. Join us in championing #SeagrassAwareness & #ClimateAction !

🌊 We're thrilled to welcome Blue Resources Trust as a member of the High Seas Alliance! 🎉

Blue Resources Trust promotes informed science-based decision-making to facilitate the sustainable use of marine resources.

Find out more about our 50+ members 👉 highseasalliance.org/members/

At our recent multi-stakeholder Knowledge Roundtable w/ ecologists, conservationists & finance professionals we presented some financing options for #SriLanka , as part of our partnership with Blue Resources Trust. Here’s a flash overview of the public sector instruments we discussed.

Blue Resources Trust, co-founded & directed by New England Aquarium MCAF Fellow Daniel Fernando, uses science-based evidence to increase the conservation of marine resources. BRT hosted a workshop to train participants on identifying shark species through molecular testing:
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Today, I visited Blue Resources Trust (Blue Resources Trust) and discussed how funding from @State_INL supports their work to further understand
and protect Sri Lanka’s maritime biodiversity – including endangered sharks and rays that inhabit the Bay of Bengal - from illegal…

At 77th Standing Committee of CITES, Maldives delivered statement on its submission of the global analysis of the implementation Oceanic Whitetip Shark, that was listed in Appendix II at CoP16 in 2013. Statement delivered by Fazy A. Shahym , Associate Legal Counsel of Min. of Climate Change, Environment and Energy
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CITES ICCWC Earth Negotiations Bulletin UNODC Environment Team United Nations Geneva WCS ipbes IUCN IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention UN Biodiversity Evening side events of Day 2️⃣ at #CITESSC77 will focus on:

🦈 CITES #Shark and #Ray Implementation
🌺 International #trade on edible #orchids

More information ▶️ cites.org/eng/sc/77

We love meeting our partners to update them on our progress and discuss next steps! As we announced here csf-asia.org/sustianable-fi…, we are working with Blue Resources Trust to enhance knowledge on innovative financing for marine conservation, and develop site-specific approaches. (1/3)

Rima Jabado Next Daniel Fernando from Blue Resources Trust discusses the role of CITES NDFs (non-detriment finding) in signatories compliance with CITES and fishing for species listed on the high seas, to ensure sustainable fisheries

Day 2 of #EEA2023 starts with CITES. Luke Warwick Luke Warwick explained Global Implementation of shark CITES listings.
Rima Jabado Rima Jabado showed us the Tools to aid the Implementation of CITES & Daniel Fernando Daniel Fernando explained NDFs
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Pygmy killer whale mass #stranding , Kayankerni, #SriLanka , 25 October 2023. Much thanks to Sabapathipillai Novil from Kayankerni Fisheries Society and Blue Resources Trust for photos and videos and reaching out for advice and species ID support. Details here rb.gy/tlnv4

It's International Sawfish Day! Sadly this group of fishes are likely extinct in Sri Lanka but hopefully we can learn from this and protect other rhino rays before they vanish too! Read more: instagram.com/p/CyfO9IcBhlC/…

Daniel Fernando, Co-Founder & Director of Blue Resources Trust & an New England Aquarium MCAF Fellow, has helped lead workshops on shark & ray ID to teach fishers how to correctly ID species landed at fishing sites to improve data on populations & aid management policies. marinescience.blog.gov.uk/2023/04/06/thi…

Attending meeting about national database for conservation Dit. KKHL #MariKonservasi accompanied by my new lovely water bottle, blue and have wedgefish on it.. best! thank you Blue Resources Trust