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Anguilla Shark Conservation: social acceptance, spatial protection and legislative reform

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Darwin Plus
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£371,004
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Anguilla

Summary

Anguilla Shark Conservation (ASC) is a multidisciplinary project that will increase knowledge of Anguilla’s shark populations, their habitats and conservation needs, while developing local ownership of conservation interventions through comprehensive community engagement. ASC will conduct Anguilla’s first ecological baseline assessment of sharks; integrate fisher knowledge; take account of community perceptions, and use all of the above to inform a national shark Species Action Plan (SAP) that considers community values, co-existence, new legislation, and spatial protection of sharks and their habitats.
 
Status Current
Reference DPLUS136
Round 9
Start 01/07/2021
End 30/06/2024


Project Partners
University of Exeter, Gov of Anguilla, ANT - Anguilla National Trust


Regions
UKOT

Biomes
COASTAL, MARINE, MARINE COASTAL, ISLAND BIODIVERSITY

Production
FISHERIES

Threats To Biodiversity
OVER EXPLOITATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

Broad Approches
SPECIES CONSERVATION, IN SITU, ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION, GENERAL MEASURES, POLICY, MIGRATORY SPECIES

Specific Tools
RESEARCH TRAINING, TRAINING, PARTICIPATORY, CEPA, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, PROTECTED AREAS, NBSAP

Countries
Anguilla

Conventions
CBD

Documents:
Download: Half Year Report - DPLUS136 HYR3 - 12/02/2024

Download: Annual Report - DPLUS136 AR2 - 18/01/2023

Download: Half Year Report - DPLUS136 HYR2 - 30/03/2023

Download: Half Year Report - DPLUS136 HYR1 - 25/11/2021

Download: Application Form - DPLUS136 App - 21/06/2021