 Threatened and endangered sharks are being killed for their fins in Australia in huge numbers. Already 90% of the world’s sharks have been wiped out.
Shark catches in the NSW beach meshing program reflect this dramatic decline. Despite this, the NSW government has allowed a recent and massive expansion of a shark fishery that exists purely because of the high value of their fins in Asian export markets.
You can help to end unsustainable shark fishing by joining us in calling for a ban on shark fin exports from Australia.
Send a cyberaction asking Federal Minister for the Environment, Peter Garrett, to protect these vulnerable marine icons by banning shark fin exports by clicking on the Take Action button below.
Help us continue our important work to stop shark fin exports.
Join the Nature Conservation Council of NSW in the fight to Save Our Last Sharks Time is running out for us to Save Our Last Sharks. Sharks have roamed the oceans for millions of years and yet humans are now set to wipe them out completely. Already, 90% of the world’s sharks have disappeared but despite this, sharks are still caught in huge numbers in Australia to satisfy the growing demand for shark fin soup.
In the time it has taken you to read up to this point, up to 100 sharks have been killed around the world. These endangered species need our help now. Please help us Save Our Last Sharks.
We need your help to put a stop to unsustainable shark fishing in NSW.
The Nature Conservation Council urgently needs your support to continue our important work lobbying for a stop to unsustainable shark fishing in NSW. With your help, we can successfully Save Our Last Sharks. You can donate using Paypal:
Or, download a donation form:
Donation Form Or, donate by phone:
Call NCC on 02 9516 1488 to make a credit card donation. Keep informed If you would like to receive updates about the campaign, or the work of the Nature Conservation Council in general, please send us your details.
|
|
 Our Marine Campaigner, Ben Birt, recently travelled to southern Africa for the Shark Swim Challenge, our amazing awareness and fund raising adventure for shark conservation.
Follow his journey from Johannesburg and Mozambique to Swaziland and Zululand, through game parks and conservation reserves towards the ultimate challenge of a cage dive with Great White Sharks. Check out some great photos here .
"A mad scramble ensued to peel on the wetsuits and slide into the cage for the up-close experience with great white sharks. Underwater, as shark after shark glided past the cage, mere centimetres away, the effect was mesmerising and an experience I'll certainly be looking to repeat some day." |
|
Read more...
|
|
 Please act now to save our sharks from being slaughtered by helping put an end to the export of shark fins to the Asian market.
In the coming weeks, Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett will set the Wildlife Trade Operation conditions for the NSW Ocean Trap and Line Fishery.
This decision will be made despite no scientific evidence demonstrating what level of shark fishing (if any) is sustainable.
Let Minister Garrett know that a quota on total shark catch is not enough . Tell him to stop the unsustainable trade in shark fin exports from Australia.
 |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
 Dead Sharks ain't Art
An arts event and auction raising funds to stop all forms of shark slaughter
When: 6.30pm – 9.30pm, Tuesday 11 May, 2010
Where: Mori Gallery, 168 Day Street, Sydney
Free entry* Drinks * Nibbles * Guest speakers: Australian shark guru Ian ‘Shark’ Gordon and Spot A Shark’s Peter Simpson * Live and silent auction of artworks, holiday prizes, scuba diving packages and much more ...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
| The recent listing of the mako and porbeagle sharks under the international Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) should have offered, under our national environmental legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, a small increase in the level of protection afforded to these sharks in Australian waters.
However, following a concerted lobbying effort from a vocal minority of game fishers, the Federal government has proposed to amend the EPBC Act to allow the continued targeting and killing of these threatened sharks. | Photo © tikigod
| |
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
 You can help spread the love while supporting our campaign for increased marine sanctuaries for threatened grey nurse sharks.
For a donation of just $10 we'll send an e-card on your behalf featuring the exclusive Sharks in Love illustration* above and your personalised heartfelt message.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Join us for the first ever Sydney screening of the important and informative documentary The End of the Line. Touted as "An Inconvenient Truth" for our marine world, this film explores the severe impact of overfishing on our oceans. Click here to view the trailer. Screened in partnership with the Sydney Aquarium Conservation Fund (SACF), the film will be introduced by a surprise guest chef along with a marine scientist. All proceeds from tickets sales will go to the Nature Conservation Council of NSW and SACF's marine conservation work.
When: 6.00pm Wednesday 25th November 2009 Where: Chauvel Cinema, Paddington Tickets: $20.00 per person Bookings: Please contact SACF on 02 8251 7875 or buy your tickets online through paypal. 
|
|
|
 South Africa
21 May - 9 June, 2010
We urgently need two more people for the tour to run!
The Shark Swim Challenge is a unique adventure for travellers wanting to test their courage and help save our last sharks.
Book now and we'll take up to $1000 off the fundraising target.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
 The review into the shark netting off NSW beaches is complete and the new netting season is underway. The NSW government's big chance to improve the poor environmental record of the netting program appears to have got away for the time being as the new system is...almost identical to the old one. With few positive changes, the indiscriminate killing of any animal that happens to swim into the nets is set to continue. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
 Following ongoing pressure from the Nature Conservation Council and our supporters, Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett's Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts has recently commissioned an independent review of the Ocean Trap and Line Fishery (OTLF). The OTLF is the main fishery targeting sharks in NSW and the review is to be conducted by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The export licence for shark fins will also come under scrutiny as the CSIRO scientists assess the sustainability or otherwise of the fishery.
© Rob Harcourt |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 Next > End >>
|
| Results 1 - 13 of 14 |
NCC Home 
Marine & Fisheries 
