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Cabo Verde

Republic of Cabo Verde

Common name Scientific name Classes Order Family Appendix(App. I/App. II)
Basking Shark, (Traditionally Sunfish Or Sailfish, Hoe Mother) Cetorhinus maximus Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Cetorhinidae /
Whale Shark Rhincodon typus Chondrichthyes Orectolobiformes Rhincodontidae /
Longfin Mako Shark Isurus paucus Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Porbeagle Lamna nasus Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Common Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Alopiidae /
Box Ray, Chilean Devil Ray, Devil Ray, Greater Guinean Mobula, Sicklefin Devil Ray, Spiny Mobula Mobula tarapacana Chondrichthyes Myliobatiformes Mobulidae /
Scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae /
Great hammerhead shark Sphyrna mokarran Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae /
Oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae /
Tope Shark Galeorhinus galeus Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Triakidae /
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CMS Ratification Status

Instrument Status Country ratification date Text
CMS Party
Atlantic Turtles MOU Signatory
Western African Aquatic Mammals MOU Signatory
AEWA Range State
Sharks Range State
AEWA Non-Party
No data present.
No data present.
Name Role Position Institution
Ms. Liza Helena Alves Lima Focal Point Biologist General Directorate of Environment

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Publications

Sharks and Rays - Listed on international treaties (Poster 2022)
Rhino Rays - Listed on international treaties (Poster 2022)
Human impacts on sharks and rays (Factsheets)
Best Practice in the Prevention of Shark Finning

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