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Portugal

Portuguese Republic

Scientific name Common name Classes Order Family Appendix(App. I/App. II)
Isurus oxyrinchus Shortfin Mako Shark Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Cetorhinus maximus Basking Shark, (Traditionally Sunfish Or Sailfish, Hoe Mother) Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Cetorhinidae /
Mobula birostris Manta Ray Chondrichthyes Myliobatiformes Mobulidae /
Rhincodon typus Whale Shark Chondrichthyes Orectolobiformes Rhincodontidae /
Isurus paucus Longfin Mako Shark Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Carcharodon carcharias Great White Shark, White Shark Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Lamna nasus Porbeagle Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Squalus acanthias Spiny Dogfish Chondrichthyes Squaliformes Squalidae /
Alopias superciliosus Bigeye Thresher Shark Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Alopiidae /
Mobula mobular Giant Devil Ray Chondrichthyes Myliobatiformes Mobulidae /
Alopias vulpinus Common Thresher Shark Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Alopiidae /
Mobula tarapacana Box Ray, Chilean Devil Ray, Devil Ray, Greater Guinean Mobula, Sicklefin Devil Ray, Spiny Mobula Chondrichthyes Myliobatiformes Mobulidae /
Carcharhinus falciformis Silky Shark Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae /
Sphyrna zygaena Smooth Hammerhead Shark Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae /
Carcharhinus longimanus Oceanic whitetip shark Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae /
Galeorhinus galeus Tope Shark Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Triakidae /
No data present.

CMS Ratification Status

Instrument Status Country ratification date Text
CMS Party
AEWA Party

Final Act: 16.06.1995

EUROBATS Party

Acceded. Signature: 04.06.1993

ACCOBAMS Party

Final Act: 24.11.1996; Signature: 24.11.1996

Monk Seal in the Atlantic MOU Signatory
Western African Aquatic Mammals MOU Signatory
Aquatic Warbler Range State

Amendment of 14.05.2010 extended the geographical scope of the MoU to include Portugal as a Range State

Atlantic Turtles Range State

The Azores and Madeira (Portugal)

ASCOBANS Range State
Sharks MOU Signatory
ASCOBANS Non-Party
AEWA Party
No data present.
No data present.
Name Role Position Institution
Mr. João José Loureiro Focal Point, Focal Point CC Head of Unit Institute of Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF); Ministry of Environment and Climate Action

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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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