The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 14: March 2002
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This issue is sponsored by the National Audubon Society Living Oceans Program
The Living Oceans Program is the marine conservation
program of the National Audubon Society, a nonprofit
conservation organisation dedicated to
protecting wildlife and wild places. A primary goal of
Living Oceans is the conservation and restoration of
the oceans' giant fishes, particularly sharks, tunas and
billfishes. We believe that effective fisheries
management and conservation action must be based
on sound science. Living Oceans has been a major
financial supporter of Shark News since its inception
in 1994, and we are pleased to sponsor this 14th issue addressing
elasmobranch research, conservation and management in South and
Central America.
Living Oceans engages in shark conservation and management at
many levels, from spearheading efforts to improve the US Atlantic
shark management plan, to helping to address the conservation of
sharks in Central America, to assisting in conservation initiatives at
CITES regarding the trade in shark products and with the FAO
International Plan of Action for Sharks.
For more information about Audubon's Living Oceans Program,
please contact Merry Camhi, SSG Deputy Chair, National Audubon
Society, Living Oceans Program, 550 South Bay
Avenue, Islip, NY 11751, USA. Email:
mcamhi@audubon.org
Shark News is fundamental to the work of the
Shark Specialist Group, linking experts from around
the world, publicising research and developments
and confronts critical conservation issues. We urge
other organisations and individuals to sponsor
upcoming issues of Shark News. With a growing
global distribution Shark News is becoming an
increasingly important means of communication among shark
scientists and other elasmobranch enthusiasts. Please support
this newsletter by sending your contribution today, or even
better, ask your institution to sponsor an issue. Former sponsors
have included the Audubon's Living Ocean Program, Columbus
Zoo, WWF's Endangered Seas Campaign, the Center for Marine
Conservation, the Ocean Wildlife Campaign and the US State
Department.
Please contact Rachel Cavanagh, SSG Programme Officer for
details on sponsoring part or all of an issue of Shark News, or with
articles for future issues: rachel@naturebureau.co.uk
We gratefully acknowledge the donations for newsletter production received from the following:
Fabrizio Serena, Michele Romanelli, ICRAM, Stuart Nicholls, Jennifer Zimmerman, Andrej Presern and the Karger Libri.
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