Email: mrand@pewtrusts.org
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Washington, D.C.
Matt Rand joined the Pew Environment Group in 2008, advancing to director of Global Shark Conservation. The campaign helped the island nations of the Maldives and Palau establish shark sanctuaries in their territorial waters, closing 590,000 square miles in the Pacific and Indian oceans to shark fishing. Rand has advocated for shark conservation at the United Nations and at the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species.
Prior to the sharks campaign, Rand worked closely with Pew’s Global Ocean Legacy project, as well as in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to help secure the designation of 360,000 square miles of marine reserves in the Northern Mariana Islands in the U.S. Central Pacific in 2009.
Before joining Pew, Rand worked 10 years for the National Environmental Trust, managing the Conserve Our Ocean Legacy campaign, working to reform the marine conservation requirements in the Magnuson-Stevens Act and leading a campaign to oppose biotechnology in agriculture.
Rand holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental resource management from Pennsylvania State University.
Blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-rand
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(Huffington Post) Sharks have roamed the seas for more than 400 million years, but today many species are being hunted to extinction. Now, some unlikely allies have emerged for the ocean's top predators -- several of the world's smallest countries have generated a wave of conservation measures. In 2008, there was no such thing as a shark sanctuary. These days, it's a different story.
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It may have begun as summer filler programming, but the Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" has endured the test of time as it enters its 24th year. In fact, the event has become such a phenomenon that it has drawn more than 20 million viewers each year since 1995. Unfortunately, these apex predators are increasingly scarce across the world's oceans due in large part to finning and the appetite for shark fin soup.
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Sharks are in trouble globally, and there are few locations where healthy shark populations still exist. In The Bahamas, a 20-year-old ban on longline fishing gear has left its waters as one of the few places in the world with relatively healthy shark populations.
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(The Huffington Post) After a long battle, early this year President Obama signed the Shark Conservation Act into law. This legislation closes loopholes in existing shark conservation law, and directs the U.S. to lead shark conservation efforts internationally.
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In a post for NatGeo NewsWatch, Matt Rand, Pew's director of Global Shark Conservation, addresses the important steps nations of the Pacific Ocean are taking to protect sharks.
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Last year marked a turnaround for the global economy, and it may also prove to have been a watershed for protecting some of the oldest species of fish facing commercial extinction - sharks.
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Last year might have marked more than a turnaround for the global economy. It also may prove to have been a watershed for protecting some of the oldest species of fish in our oceans.
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