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Portugal

Portuguese Republic

Common name Scientific name Classes Order Family Appendix(App. I/App. II)
Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Basking Shark, (Traditionally Sunfish Or Sailfish, Hoe Mother) Cetorhinus maximus Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Cetorhinidae /
Manta Ray Mobula birostris Chondrichthyes Myliobatiformes Mobulidae /
Whale Shark Rhincodon typus Chondrichthyes Orectolobiformes Rhincodontidae /
Longfin Mako Shark Isurus paucus Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Great White Shark, White Shark Carcharodon carcharias Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Porbeagle Lamna nasus Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Lamnidae /
Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias Chondrichthyes Squaliformes Squalidae /
Bigeye Thresher Shark Alopias superciliosus Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Alopiidae /
Giant Devil Ray Mobula mobular Chondrichthyes Myliobatiformes Mobulidae /
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 /
Silky Shark Carcharhinus falciformis Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae /
Smooth Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna zygaena Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae /
Oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae /
Tope Shark Galeorhinus galeus 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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