Ensuring the conservation of sharks, rays, in chimaeras in the Philippine Seas through policy development

Main partners

SPS, SSNP, Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law – ARIEL

The utilization of approximately 200 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras in the Philippines are varied and conflicting: they are a fishery resource, utilized by coastal communities and profitable to traders in an industry that is still largely unmanaged, as well as a tourism asset with much potential to develop. The project wants to ensure the sustainability of shark utilization in the country by gathering support towards the passage of a national policy – a legal framework for the conservation, protection, and regulation of fisheries and other threats.