National plan of action for the conservation and management of sharks : Plan d'action national pour la conservation et la gestion des requins

Canada’s National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (NPOA-Sharks) was developed in accordance with the principles and provisions of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA-Sharks), as developed by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). [...] The objective of the IPOA-Sharks is to improve the conservation and management of sharks and their long-term sustainable use within the directed and non-directed fisheries. [...] The Act affirms the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of Canada over its EEZ and the sovereign rights of Canada over its continental shelf consistent with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. [...] The Convention establishes the requirements for signatories to conserve and manage targeted and associated species within EEZ waters and to cooperate with other States in the conservation and management of living resources in the areas of the high seas. [...] Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) was established as an advisory body in 1977 to meet the need for a single, official and national classification of wildlife species at risk and operates under the auspices of the Species at Risk Act.