Veerle Roelandt

Passionate about diving, the ocean and most of all sharks #SaveSharks

[Veerle Roelandt @SharkVee]

I made the most of 2020 by learning Italian on Duolingo. Check out my progress! #Duolingo365 https://t.co/tPjtY0IpSx

[Humane World for Animals Europe @humaneworldeu]

European #shark advocates have written to @VSinkevicius to urge the #EU to heed scientists' warnings & increase #ICATT protections for shortfin mako #sharks.🦈 #makeorbreak4makos #bycatch #overfishing
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[Hector the Blue Shark @HectorBlueShark]

Dear @BernJordanMP: my mako shark cousins are in trouble! You’ve been a fintastic champ, but we still need those #ICCAT peeps to follow your lead - no more keeping mako sharks on boats in the Atlantic! Please, please do that proposal thing again! It's #MakeOrBreak4Makos

[Veerle Roelandt @SharkVee]

@philiptheshark A Belgian shark geek living in Italy, Europe 😉

[CITES @CITES]

Almost 600,000 tonnes of #sharks & #rays caught each year by world’s top 20 catchers, new TRAFFIC study finds https://t.co/tbVjQgcThO

Sharks are particularly vulnerable to over-fishing due to their slow growth, hence the crucial role of #CITES in ensuring #SustainableUse. #SDG14

[CITES @CITES]

Yahoo Japan to ban #ivory sales on its auction site https://t.co/HqZXYs75zh

[CITES @CITES]

With 18 new #shark species added to its Appendix II, #CITES is going full steam ahead to ensure #SustainableUse of marine resources. But the hard work of implementation only begins following the listing https://t.co/ItDWTtKwpu

#CITESCoP18 #CoP18 #GlobalGoals #SDG14

[CITES @CITES]

#CITESCoP18 this morning formally adopted 3 proposals, submitted by a record number of Parties, to include 18 new #shark species (i.e. mako sharks, guitarfishes & wedgefishes) in #CITES Appendix II.

[Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @BonnConvention]

CITES Parties agreed to include #CMS listed mako sharks in #CITES App II, aiming to control international trade and to improve data for sustainable population management @CITESCoP18 @SharksMOU @SharkAdvocates @IUCNshark @WWF_sharks
@hsiaustralia
@hsiglobal @IFAW

[CITES @CITES]

#CITESCoP18 agreed this morning in Committee I by a vote that guitarfishes (𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 spp.) be included in Appendix II so that they are protected under #CITES trade control regime, pending final decision by Plenary https://t.co/RWAPvY2hNP #CoP18 #sharks #shark

[Veerle Roelandt @SharkVee]

Urge international leaders at @CITES to vote in favor of an Appendix II listing for mako sharks before it is too late! via @HSIGlobal https://t.co/MDxtdQIhu9

[Veerle Roelandt @SharkVee]

How Much Do You Know About Sharks? I took the quiz and got 5 out of 5. Test your knowledge by taking this quiz. https://t.co/2Nv2w5lky9 via @pewtrusts

[Shaaark! @sharktoons]

I guess we’re watching sharks all week... #Shaaark #sharkweek

[Veerle Roelandt @SharkVee]

UN releases first draft of critical high seas treaty https://t.co/Tgp54blhGH

[Hector the Blue Shark @HectorBlueShark]

I wanted to strike a pose for the press, but I just couldn't believe my eyes with the amount of plastic waste collected from our local beaches... Everything from shoes, tampon applicators, dental floss and more! One man's trash is, well, our oceans' problem #FightPlasticPollution

[Sharkwater Extinction @teamsharkwater]

Dreams do come true! Canada just passed #finfree legislation banning import & export of shark fins. Rob dreamed of not only a #finfree Canada, but a #finfree world. So we’re not stopping here. Please help us carry forward Rob’s legacy & continue the fight: https://t.co/9crJwMjzIw

[Irene Kingma @ikingmaNL]

So this fisher is apparently filming himself while illegally discarding small fish, and blaming the Spanish government. @EFCA_EU @EU_MARE

[Shaaark! @sharktoons]

They suck.

#Shaaark

[Veerle Roelandt @SharkVee]

Daah da, daah da 😂😂

[Veerle Roelandt @SharkVee]

@teamsharkwater @BiminiSharkGirl @Sharks4Kids @ikingmaNL @SaveOurSharksNL @mcmsharksxx #30EarhMonthHeroes It seems I nominated women mostly until now, yet some of my heroes are male of course, so today my heroe award goes to @Randridley A true ocean hero ! Soo very glad to have met this amazing man in person, he sure is one of a kind and worthy the HERO-award

[Veerle Roelandt @SharkVee]

#30EarthMonthHeroes Amazing shark and ocean conservation organization led by Ilena Zanella and Andres Lopez : @MisionTiburon gets my first mention, many other people will follow !

[Veerle Roelandt @SharkVee]

@teamsharkwater @BiminiSharkGirl @Sharks4Kids @ikingmaNL @SaveOurSharksNL #30EarthMonthHeroes. The whole month of April I will put someone in the spotlights that is worthy the name of Earth Month Hero, today that person is @mcmsharksxx
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