National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks.

This Sri Lanka National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (SLNPOA–Sharks) is a sectoral policy document covering the period of 2018- 2022. The long term goal, strategic and immediate objectives of the SLNPOA-Sharks (2018- 2022) are based on the ten objectives of the IPOA-Sharks, taking into consideration the goals and objectives of the Government of Sri Lanka’s fisheries policy and the livelihoods of Sri Lankan fishermen. The long term goal of the SLNPOA-Sharks (2018-2022) is to ensure the conservation and the sustainable management of key Shark species from directed and non-directed fisheries in Sri Lankan waters and beyond the EEZ (BEEZ), by 2029.
Conservation measures will be monitored for compliance for the following key species / key fisheries under the SLNPOA-Sharks (2018 – 2022): common thresher shark, bigeye thresher shark, pelagic thresher shark, oceanic white-tip shark, whale shark. It is also proposed that data and information be collected to enable management measures to be designed, developed and implemented for the following key species and key non-directed fisheries, under the SLNPOA-Sharks (2018 - 2022): silky shark, blue shark, devil rays, etc.