Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The Shark Trust
EU Transparency Register
78610009998-13 First registered on 25 Oct 2012
Goals / Remit
The Shark Trust’s purpose is to safeguard the future of sharks, skates and rays through positive change. We achieve this through science, education, influence and action.
We work globally to improve the conservation status of sharks, skates and rays by advocating for political change. And generating collective action to support our goals.
We believe that positive change is realistic. We have a vision of a future where sharks, skates and rays thrive within a globally healthy marine ecosystem.
Our Objectives: The Shark Trust Memorandum of Association (1997) defines the following objectives for which the Trust was established:
- Advancing the conservation of sharks, rays and chimaeras and their natural environment in the United Kingdom, European and International Waters.
- To raise public awareness of the threats to these species and their natural habitat and to promote and disseminate research into their ecology and life history.Main EU files targeted
Fisheries: CFP reform, Fishing Opportunities; landings obligation, shark finning regulations ((EU) No. 605/2013) & associated consultations. STECF -15-03
Correspondence with the EU Commission on all of the above, RFMO activities, Advisory Council Working GroupsAddress
Head Office
Creykes Court, 4The Millfields
Plymouth pl1 3jb
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Stephanie Square Centre,Avenue Louise 65,
Belgium 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 Jan 2025
Name Start date End Date Alison Rosemary Hood 07 Oct 2024 06 Oct 2025 Alison HOOD 20 Mar 2024 04 Oct 2024 Alison HOOD 08 Feb 2023 08 Feb 2024 Alison HOOD 05 Oct 2019 03 Oct 2020 Alison HOOD 21 Jun 2018 21 Jun 2019 Alison HOOD 09 Jun 2017 26 May 2018 Ms Catherine Gordon 29 Mar 2017 18 Mar 2018 Alison HOOD 11 May 2016 10 May 2017 Alison HOOD 27 Oct 2012 26 Oct 2013 Complementary Information
Shark Trust has a staff base of 12, but only 3 individual works on advocacy of this nature.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Secretariat of the European Elasmobranch Association - various positions held (Secretary, Treasurer)
Wildlife and Countryside Link
Northern Ireland Marine Task Force
Marine Biological Association
Global Sharks and Rays Initiative
Shark League for the Atlantic and Mediterranean
Angel Shark Conservation Network
Cooperating partner to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (Sharks MoU).
Registered Observer:
GFCM: General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
NAFO: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
ICCAT: International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
IOTC: Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.
Individual Member of IUCN Shark Specialist GroupMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
782,856€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants, Member's contributions, Other
Funding types "other" information
earned income including species adoptions.
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Save our Seas Foundation 79,325€ Contribution Shark Conservation Fund 111,506€ Contribution Sharks International (Conf) 136,790€ Contribution Subscriptions 78,834€ Contribution Waterloo Foundation 11,673€ Contribution gifts, donations and sponsorships 277,742€ Other financial info
The Shark Trust receives multiple grants which do not exceed 10% of our budget. These include contributions from funders such as: Animal Friends; Save our Seas Foundation; Shark Conservation Fund; Waterloo Foundation; Dashlight; Helvellyn Family Fund.
Furthermore we receive funds from personal donations <10,000€ each and income from our membership.
The Shark Trust has contracted one Spanish National, resident in Barcelona, Spain to support the Trust's engagement in European issues, with particular focus on EU Fisheries and Mediterranean activities. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Correspondence with the EU Commission, EU Member State Ministries & the European Parliament on all of the above. Founder member of the Shark Alliance (campaign duration 2006-2013); Shark League (2014-current); communication as the Secretariat of the European Elasmobranch Association (an Association of national, science-based organisations from EU and adjacent countries).
Other activities
Review of the EU Shark Finning Regulation EC 1185/2003
TACS and Quotas
Interest in CFP reform
Interest in EU positioning for RFMOs and international wildlife treaties
Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 21 Oct 2021 Location Virtual Subject ICCAT & Mako: Shark League Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Mar 2021 Location Virtual Subject Management of Atlantic Shortfin Mako in the context of the EU & ICCAT Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Our Ocean Conference 2017, shark finning, shark conservation management Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)