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Open Letter to the President of the Maldives, Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources and Minister of Tourism and Environment
An open letter signed by 60 local and international organisations and 50 scientists urges the Maldivian government to halt plans to re-establish a gulper shark fishery, citing scientific, legal, socio-economic and governance concerns. The letter cites a 97% historical population decline, a poll showing 77% Maldivian opposition, and risks tied to a possible CITES Appendix II listing at COP20.
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Open Letter to the President of the Maldives, Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources and Minister of Tourism and Environment
60 local and international organisations and 50 scientists signatory organisations and scientists behind the open letter
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60 local and international organisations and 50 scientistssignatory organisations and scientists behind the open letterTransparency MaldivesThe undersigned 60 local and international organisations and 50 scientists urgently call on the Government of the Maldives to halt plans to re-establish a gulper shark fishery.
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97%estimated historical decline in gulper shark populations from overfishingTransparency Maldivesthere is no scientific evidence that populations have recovered from the estimated 97% decline caused by overfishing in the past
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77%share of Maldivians opposed to resuming the gulper shark fisheryTransparency MaldivesIndependent polling by Blue Marine Foundation, Maldives Resilient Reefs and the Miyaru – Shark Programme (October 2025; n=1,000) found 77% of Maldivians opposed to resuming this fishery (link).
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n=1,000poll sample sizeTransparency MaldivesIndependent polling by Blue Marine Foundation, Maldives Resilient Reefs and the Miyaru – Shark Programme (October 2025; n=1,000)
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More than 19,000petition signatories urging abandonment of the proposalTransparency MaldivesMore than 19,000 local and international signatories have added their names to petitions urging the Government to abandon this proposal.
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2010 yearyear the Maldives' Shark Sanctuary was establishedTransparency MaldivesReaffirm the Maldives’ commitment to its Shark Sanctuary, established in 2010, as a regional and global model of marine conservation
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Independent polling on public opposition to resuming the gulper shark fisheryOctober 2025MaldivesTransparency MaldivesIndependent polling by Blue Marine Foundation, Maldives Resilient Reefs and the Miyaru – Shark Programme (October 2025; n=1,000) found 77% of Maldivians opposed to resuming this fishery (link).
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report
Upcoming CITES COP20 meeting at which gulper sharks may be listed on Appendix IINovember, December 2025not specifiedTransparency MaldivesIf gulper sharks are listed on CITES Appendix II at the upcoming COP20 meeting in November, December 2025, exports of any gulper shark and their derivatives would require a scientifically grounded Non-Detriment Finding (NDF) as well as catch and trade quotas.
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Launch of the Global Coalition to Halt the Extinction of Threatened Sharks and Rays, where Minister Thoriq Ibrahim noted the Maldives' shark sanctuary commitment2025UNOC3, NiceTransparency MaldivesAs Minister Thoriq Ibrahim noted at the launch event of the Global Coalition to Halt the Extinction of Threatened Sharks and Rays at UNOC3 (Nice, 2025), the Maldives has committed to a comprehensive shark sanctuary—an international conservation stance that would be compromised by non-compliant trade.
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