GLOBAL SHARKS AND RAY
INITIATIVE

Securing the Ocean's future through shark conservation
The Global Sharks and Ray Initiative is a collaboration between organizations working to conserve populations of sharks and rays from overfishing and other forms of non-sustainable consumption.
A Global Vision
Our goal is that by 2025, the conservation status of the world’s sharks and rays has improved – declines have been halted, extinctions have been prevented, and commitments to their conservation have increased globally.
420
million years old
24%
of all species threatened

The GSRI aims to end this over-exploitation and build the foundation for a global transformation in the conservation outlook for these species. Four strategic areas of intervention have been identified to dramatically alter the current trajectory of shark and ray decline by 2025. A defining feature of the Global Strategy is that these coordinated, integrated strategies are designed to be taken forward through an established NGO partnership, working in collaboration with numerous other public and private sector actors.