WWF Sharks 🦈

WWF Sharks: Restoring the Balance - @WWF's global shark and ray conservation programme #shark #ray #conservation

[WWF Sharks 🦈 @WWF_Sharks]

NEWS: @WWF_Sharks in partnership with @ElasmoProject, @jcu, & @WCSocean launch the Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) to recover some of the most threatened 🦈 #sharks & #rays in their last refuges around the world! More▶️https://t.co/B6O3m7wJjs & https://t.co/M0NV0qgiMV

[Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) @SARRInitiative]

[6/6] While these species have already been lost in some places, we can still save these - as well as 200+ other highly threatened sharks & rays💪But we must urgently start recovering them before it's too late⌛️Join the #SARRI movement to help save them➡️ https://t.co/VhbpHkvH3T

[Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) @SARRInitiative]

[5/6] 🦈Grey reef shark population - once one of the most common reef sharks in the Indo-Pacific - has declined by up to 60%❗️Threatened by #overfishing🎣🚢 and loss of coral reefs🪸 due to climate change🔥, it's likely been lost from individual reefs, if not whole countries...

[Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) @SARRInitiative]

[4/6] The iconic largetooth sawfish🪚🐟 is disappearing from many parts of our blue planet, including East Africa🌍. Overfished in quite a few locations, it's possibly extinct in 🇸🇨the Seychelles and 🇿🇦South Africa, where St. Lucia estuary was once an important breeding ground!

[Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) @SARRInitiative]

[3/6] Even though there's still a lot left to learn about the tentacled butterfly🦋ray, this species is disappearing too... This bottom-dwelling ray of the northern Indian Ocean is possibly extinct in🇵🇰Pakistan and🇮🇳India, where it was last seen 36 and 49 years ago respectively!

[Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) @SARRInitiative]

[2/6] Angelshark 😇🦈 is disappearing from the European Atlantic⚠️ Once common in shallow sandy areas of the Northeast Atlantic, today it's rare and has disappeared from places like🇩🇪Germany, 🇳🇴Norway, 🇸🇪Sweden or 🇳🇱the Netherlands, where the last individual was caught in 1977.

[Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) @SARRInitiative]

[1/6] Sharks🦈and rays are disappearing... With local extinctions recorded around the world, & over 200 species⚠️dangerously close to extinction, the ⚖️balance is hanging by a thread! Here are just 4 out of 213 endangered & critically EN species we risk losing unless we act now⬇️

[WWF Sharks 🦈 @WWF_Sharks]

⚠️ 71% - that's how much oceanic 🦈 & ray populations have dropped since the 1970s! These ancient animals have inhabited our 🌏since the time of 🦕🦖, helping to shape the ocean millions of us depend on. #ForALivingPlanet, we need their numbers to recover! https://t.co/uvDInYWlIi

[WWF @WWF]

#BREAKING! Species population numbers have plummeted by 69% on average since 1970. 🚨
Nature is sending us an SOS: our life-line is in danger.💔
We need to turn things around – now. RT if you're with us #ForALivingPlanet! #LivingPlanet #LPR2022

[WWF Oceans 🌊 @WWFLeadOceans]

Oceanic sharks and rays are vital to a healthy #ocean and – in turn – the well-being of people, too.

But we're losing them. Since the 1970s, oceanic shark & ray populations have plummeted by 71%.

👉 We need to take action #ForALivingPlanet https://t.co/CHxBb9xMMJ #LPR2022

[Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) @SARRInitiative]

New @SARRInitiative expert webinar coming up on 25 Oct 2022🗓️Led by @hollieboothie, it'll focus on interdisciplinary approaches for understanding & managing shark & ray fisheries in the context of recovering species. LEARN MORE & HOW TO REGISTER ➡️https://t.co/211CmuoHqC

[Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) @SARRInitiative]

🦈 @SARRInitiative is at @SharksInt2022! Want to learn more about #SARRI? Check out our virtual booth during the online days or find our colleague Heike Zidowitz in Valencia #SharksInt2022! @WWF_Sharks @SharkColin @ElasmoProject @WCSsharks @AndyCornishHK @CSTFA_JCU @jcu @WCSocean

[Dr Hollie Booth @hollieboothie]

🗣 Happening TOMORROW at @SharksInt2022 🦈👥💙

@IUCNShark @SharkTrustUK @rafidshidqi_ @gemma_scotts @faqihbig @NWosnick @xtinacpp @serenaadam93

[Dr Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons @MotherOfRays]

Just when we thought we understood the basics of ray behaviour, we find out they can talk! Want to hear what they have to say? Join my @SharksInt2022 online talk today (Oct 10th) @ 07:25 UTC / 18:25 AEDT to find out!

[Shark Conservation Fund @SharkRayFund]

Scientists have documented an unprecedented phenomenon: #stingrays can produce sounds voluntarily, possibly as a warning response to perceived threats, but it’s unclear how, as they don’t have anything resembling vocal cords. https://t.co/qhWg6rLZlH #SharkConservation

[Sharks International @SharksInt2022]

LIVE in the #SharksInt2022 booths right now!
@WWF_Sharks presenting the Shark & Ray Recovery Initiative! Follow live - or catch up later!

[Sharks International @SharksInt2022]

¡El evento online #SharksInt2022 ya está en marcha!

Contaremos con las primeras sesiones transmitidas en directo y el contenido grabado estará disponible para todos los asistentes registrados.

Todavía estás a tiempo para inscribirte, ¡no te lo pierdas! https://t.co/7LV5i3Vl9e

[Sharks International @SharksInt2022]

The doors are open for #SharksInt2022 online event! With the 1st sessions streaming LIVE!
With all content recorded & available for replay to registered delegates, it’s not too late to sign up!
Don’t miss out – register at https://t.co/7LV5i3Vl9e

[The Shark Trust @SharkTrustUK]

See you there! @submon @Loceanografic @IUCNShark @WhySharksMatter @SharkAdvocates @Sharks4Kids @NickDulvy @SharkColin @saveourseas @SharkRayFund @WWF_Sharks @WCSsharks #SharksInt2022

[Sharks International @SharksInt2022]

That’s it. @SharkTrustUK office turned into a breakfast TV studio for the start of SI2022 online in a few hours! Join us…

[Save Our Seas @saveourseas]

Introducing the #OceanStorytellingWritingGrant.
Aimed @ supporting a new, diverse generation of conservation storytellers. This grant will be judged & mentored by author & marine biologist DR @helenscales & Journalist & wildlife filmmaker @SwatiWild. https://t.co/M46bR88iM9