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The Bahamas shark sanctuary was created in July of 2011 by adding an amendment to the Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) Act (Chapter 244). The amendment...

The Pew Charitable Trusts joins partners in Hawaii and the scientific community in praising today’s announcement by President Barack Obama that the United States has...

From the Bahamas National Trust and PEW Sharks are in trouble globally, and there are few locations where healthy shark populations still exist. The Bahamas is one of...

“The same techniques that are used for solving crimes,” said Chapman, a Pew marine fellow, “are the exact same ones we use to solve crimes involvi...

Take a look at this shark fin identification guide that was published by PEW in collaboration with Stony Brook University. Download the publication here  

Cities Appendix II listing A listing on CITES Appendix II means that the trade of that animal must be controlled in order to avoid endangerment and extinction. If the...

Learn more at http://www.pewenvironment.org/sharks  

Learn more: http://www.pewenvironment.org/sharks. Follow the Oceanic Whitetips

Here’s a video put together by PEW back in 2011 when the Bahamas was working to establish a National Shark Sanctuary. The Bahamas has long been a safe haven for...