This website is a collection of various resources on sharks in the Philippines, curated by Save Sharks Network Philippines (SSNP). SSNP is a coalition of organizations and institutions working on shark and ray research and conservation. More about SSNP here.

CONSERVE PH SHARKS

Sharks* are a valuable resource in the Philippines. Out of over 1,000 species of sharks, about 200 species are found in the Philippines, and 23% may be new records or undescribed species. Recognizing the important role that sharks play in the ecology and economy, the Philippine government and civil society organizations have been working together to conserve sharks.

This website is a collection of various resources on sharks in the Philippines, curated by Save Sharks Network Philippines (SSNP). SSNP is a coalition of organizations and institutions working on shark and ray research and conservation. More about SSNP here.

*Sharks is used as a generic term to apply to all shark and shark-like species belonging to the cartilaginous group of fishes under the Class Chondrichthyes and subclass Elasmobranchii.

This includes true sharks, winged sharks or batoids, and silver sharks or chimaeras.

Thresher Shark by Noel Guevara

Resources on Sharks

Laws and Policy Frameworks

Publications

Guidebooks and Manuals

Educational Materials

Save Sharks Network Philippines (SSNP) is a coalition of prominent voices in the Philippines’ scientific, NGO, and tourism communities advocating for shark conservation. From 2017, SSNP has been running a campaign on the passage of the Philippine Shark Conservation Bill that aims to ensure that shark populations in the country are conserved.

Several national policies on shark conservation have been proposed in the Philippine House of Representatives and Senate over the past decade. The past filed bills aimed for a complete ban on the catching, sale, purchase, possession, transportation, importation, and exportation of all sharks and rays. However, these lacked to consider the life history and issues specific to shark fisheries and utilization.

This 2021, SSNP has proposed a Shark Conservation Act of the Philippines that is more comprehensive and aims to bring a more comprehensive legal framework that would be more politically feasible and socially equitable. In order to learn more, you may download a copy below.