Shark Fin News Updates

HK SHARK FIN IMPORTS DOWN 70% SINCE 2009, WWF ANNOUNCES

[HONG KONG – 14 July 2020] WWF-Hong Kong’s work to reduce the demand for shark fin in the city ...

WWF CALLS FOR STRONGER ACTION FOLLOWING RECORD SHARK FIN SEIZURE

[Hong Kong, 3 June 2020] Hong Kong’s largest ever seizure of shark fin, confiscated by Customs ...

Shark Trade Regulations Tightened at Wildlife Conference

Tougher regulations on the international trade of sharks and rays was ratified on 28 August at the ...

27% of species in the IUCN Red List at risk of extinction WWF calls for enforcement of illegal trade on wildlife

In the International Union for Conservation of Nature latestupdate to theirRed List of Threatened ...

Whale Shark and other endangered sharks

Last May a video of a whale shark spotted by Hong Kong fisherman went viral on social media ...

X-PRESS FEEDERS bans shark fin shipments

Responsible shark and ray tourism guidelines presented at diving expo

The struggle to preserve shark populations takes many forms. WWF-Hong Kong has worked with ...

New commodity codes can help protect marine species

WWF works with global shipping companies to draft “no shark fin” industry guidelines

Today, around one quarter of the world’s shark and ray species are threatened with extinction. ...

CITES adds more shark and ray species to Appendix II

In October 2016, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and ...