Daniel Fernando
@danielfernan7
Sharks and rays • fisheries policy • Co-founder of @blue_resources
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https://www.blueresources.org 18-03-2009 22:02:02
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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…
Happy #SharkAwarenessDay 🦈🧬
We're working to improve DNA based detection of rhino rays in Sri Lankan fisheries using hand-held sequencing. #RhinoRay
Read more about it here: tinyurl.com/2evzre8s
Save Our Seas Shark Conservation Fund Blue Resources Trust Shaili Johri IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group
“We are not putting fish in the ocean & harvesting them. It’s not like chicken farming.' Daniel Fernando on risks to manta & devil rays. 'We’ve waited so long that they now face imminent collapse. We are going to have to make some very difficult decisions.” theguardian.com/environment/20…
Dozens of Endangered *Devil* Rays caught during annual migration along Gaza coast. Local fisherman says each boat can carry 20-30 rays. 'People like them a lot.' france24.com/en/live-news/2… For more on this seasonal fishery, see paper by Daniel Fernando et al.: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Great to see the #BluePlanetFund Cefas Blue Resources Trust Rima Jabado supporting Sri Lanka to increase understanding around the impact overfishing can have on shark and ray stocks through species identification training, data collection and science-based policy support.
66% of elasmobranchs found in Sri Lanka are IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group threatened. Cefas are supporting Blue Resources Trust & Rima Jabado deliver ID training to fisheries staff from #DFAR #NARA through Defra UK Ocean Country Partnership Programme #BluePlanetFund #UKinSriLanka
New #sharkscience led by Dr. Samantha Sherman shows that 59% of sharks and rays that spend some or all of their lives on coral reefs have an elevated risk of extinction. And rays are more threatened than sharks.
nature.com/articles/s4146…
#sharkconservation James Cook Uni IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group OceaniaSharks
A great side-event tonight to finish an afternoon of sharks! Hosted by Defra UK we saw the diversity of practicals tools that have been developed to support #CITES shark listings. Thanks to presenters, Sarmintohadi KKP RI, Rima Jabado Daniel Fernando & Demian Chapman.
And that is a wrap for the fourth Sharks International. Thanks Sharks International for an amazing experience, and we will see you all in beautiful Sri Lanka in 2026. Daniel Fernando @SriLankanAirli3
The Sharks International news we have all been waiting for - SI 5 will be held in Sri Lanka Daniel Fernando @SriLankanAirli3 Blue Resources Trust Sharks International #sharkscience
There is uproar in Sri Lanka when endangered elephants are killed but 'the same attention is not given to the endangered marine animals such as manta & devil rays' or similarly threatened rays like sawfish & rhino rays, some of which face greater threat, explains Daniel Fernando