The Shark Trust welcomes the chance to respond to this consultation regarding sustainable fishing in the EU. Elasmobranchs sharks, skates and rays are a complex and diverse subclass of Chondrichthyes, the cartilaginous fishes. Elasmobranchs represent over 1200 described species. Some seen as wildlife: e.g.
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Shark Trust
NGO · United Kingdom · EU Transparency Register 78610009998-13
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #404 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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declared lobbying FTE
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declared costs / yr (floor)
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EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2012
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Secretariat of the European Elasmobranch Association - various positions held (Secretary, Treasurer)
- Wildlife and Countryside Link
- Northern Ireland Marine Task Force
- Marine Biological Association
- Shark League for the Atlantic and Mediterranean
- Angel Shark Conservation Network
- Cooperating partner to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species Memorandum of Understanding on the Con…
- Registered Observer:
- GFCM: General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
- NAFO: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
- ICCAT: International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
- IOTC: Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.
- and 3 more
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Registered as
- The Shark Trust
- Head office
- Plymouth, United kingdom
- EU office
- Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Shark Trust filed 2 positions between 29 Aug 2025 and 28 Aug 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2025 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
Shark Trust Feedback for Sustainable fishing in the EU: State of play and orientations for 2027 Corresponding author: [name removed] | Shark Trust Fisheries Officer | [email removed] Elasmobranchs – sharks, skates and rays – are a complex and diverse subclass of Chondrichthyes, the cartilaginous fishes. Elasmobranchs represent over 1200 described species. Some seen as wildlife: e.g.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- Mediterranean Advisory Council (MEDAC) · 2 files in common
- European Association of fish Producers Organisations (EAPO) · 2 files in common
- Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre · 2 files in common
- OP du Sud · 2 files in common
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